Victim speaks out after homeless man allegedly attacks three in Santa Monica

A woman is speaking out after she was one of three people attacked by a homeless man in Santa Monica Monday morning.Video from the incident showed police responding to the scene near the Santa Monica Pier around 9:45 a.m. Monday.According to police, 31-year-old Jawann Garnett was arrested and is accused of assaulting three women, while attempting to rob at least one of them. Garnett also allegedly grabbed a woman by her hair and pulled her into the water.

"Just in the last month in Santa Monica, FOX 11 has reported on a 73-year-old woman who was pushed over on Ocean Front Walk, two tourists who were stabbed on the Third Street Promenade, and a woman grabbed by the ponytail and dragged towards a bathroom. All of the arrested suspected were homeless.RELATED: "No, I don’t feel safe," said Wilker. "I’ve had to fight 11 times for my own safety and now once for somebody else’s.

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