Alexander was in the 600 block of North Pacific Coast Highway around 9 a.m. on Dec. 29 when a male suspect stabbed him with a knife and stole his Jeep Cherokee. While Alexander was being treated at the scene, then transported to hospital, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department engaged in a brief pursuit of the suspect, who crashed into another vehicle, then two telephone poles and finally a wall in Rancho Palos Verdes.
The suspect, who was hospitalized, is identified as Silas John Marczak, 30, from Minneoti, Minnesota, according to a press release provided by the Redondo Beach Police Department. The occupant of the vehicle he hit was uninjured.