SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KNX) — Authorities announced the arrest of a man Wednesday, wanted in connection with a fatal stabbing in Santa Monica on Friday.

The initial scene unfolded at around 7:15 p.m. Friday at the Santa Monica Library on Santa Monica Boulevard, where witnesses informed authorities of a stabbing in the area.
They found 46-year-old Rimond Esmaeil Blandi, who had been stabbed multiple times, dead at the scene in the north courtyard of the library.

According to Santa Monica Police Department detectives, Blandi had been stabbed twice by Quade Larry Colbert, 34, who had fled from the scene. They identified both men as homeless.
Officers located and arrested Colbert Sunday, around 2:30 p.m., holding him on $2 million bail.
Officers noted that this was the first homicide of the year in Santa Monica.
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