Horrific Metro bus attack ends with steep prison sentence for Santa Monica man

The court hands down decades behind bars following a brutal 2023 stabbing on public transit.

State prison time amounting to life plus seven years was ordered for a 67-year-old Santa Monica man convicted of carrying out a racially motivated stabbing aboard a public transit vehicle.

Superior Court proceedings concluded with the sentencing of Gerald Pitts following his June conviction on attempted murder charges. The sentence allows for the eventual possibility of parole…

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