Sheriff’s investigators identified the man arrested in connection to the violent attack on a valet at Barney's Beanery restaurant in West Hollywood.
Dorian Gray, 28, was arrested for attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and battery, deputies announced during a press conference Tuesday morning. Deputies said Gray is homeless and has a criminal history involving property crimes and theft.
On Sept. 14, Efrain "Frankie" Zarazua was attacked outside Barney's Beanery restaurant.
“The victim was punched and he was knocked unconscious when he hit his head on the ground and then the suspect kicked the victim approximately seven times in the upper torso and in the head and witnesses described him as also stomping on the victim's head during that incident,” Detective Brandon Zeff with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department told reporters.
Zarazua was hospitalized in the ICU but was moved out. On his GoFundMe page, his wife said he was back home.
Detective Zeff said that on the night Zarazua was attacked, Gray went on a violent spree in West Hollywood, adding that there were five attacks and seven victims – including Zarazua- over ten minutes along Santa Monica Boulevard.
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“There was one female who had a fractured bone on her face and some of the other victims had contusions, had bruising, had cuts on their face,” he said. “But definitely the victim from Barney's Beanery was injured the most.”
Detective Zeff said the attacks were unprovoked.
After weeks of searching for the suspect, investigators said Gray was recognized by deputies on the entertainment policing team because of a distinctive beard and clothing that he was still wearing.
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