One suspect remains behind bars while authorities search for the first suspect to strike the victim.
The Los Angeles Police Department announced on Tuesday morning that they have identified suspect one in the case of the Danish tourist who was beaten at Washington Boulevard and Speedway on October 30.
Suspect one is Malik Preatto, a Black male from Los Angeles. Preatto has black hair and brown eyes, is approximately 6 feet 3 inches tall, and weighs about 175 lbs. The second suspect surrendered to Pacific Division detectives on November 6 and is in custody.
Preatto was allegedly shown in the surveillance video slapping the Danish victim twice, once in the face, and then a second time when the suspect hit an object out of the tourist’s hand. The suspect then engaged in a scuffle with the man as the tourist tried to retrieve his property, and the suspect stepped on it in an attempt to keep the tourist from getting the object back…