Homeless Man Assaulted at San Diego Train Station

Three San Diego police units responded to a report of an assault at the Santa Fe train depot downtown on Monday, December 21 at about 5:15 p.m. The incident happened at the north end of the Coaster platform on track one.

An Amtrak employee who was loading baggage on an adjacent track called police after witnessing two young white males push a man onto the tracks, hit him over the head with a skateboard and punch him several times.

The suspects ran off after the employee yelled, “Get out of here.” The perpetrators ran up the B Street alley next to the station and then made a right on Kettner Boulevard towards the One America Plaza trolley station.

A security guard named Job arrived before the police and asked the victim, “Do you need Paramedics to come out?” The man replied, “No, but I would like to file a police report?

The victim suffered a cut on his left arm and a bump on the back of his head. The injuries did not appear to be serious.

Police officers responding to the scene interviewed the victim and the Amtrak employee. They asked if video tape was available from the camera on the platform and were referred to the North County Transit District security office in Oceanside, where the Coaster platform is monitored twenty-four hours a day.

San Diego police are continuing their investigation.