Danish tourist beaten to a pulp by man wearing a purse near Los Angeles’s famous Venice Beach Boardwalk

A Danish tourist was left unconscious with severe injuries after two men assaulted him near Los Angeles’s Venice Beach Boardwalk shortly after midnight on 30 October. Police released surveillance footage and appealed for help identifying both suspects; one has since been arrested, while the other remains at large.

The arrested man, identified by police as 25-year-old Aiden Shaw, turned himself in and was booked on a $50,000 bond. He faces a felony charge of battery causing great bodily injury. Police describe the outstanding suspect as a Black man about six feet tall, aged 25 to 35; the tourist’s current condition has not been reported.