Man dies after being stabbed numerous times along bike path in Ventura

Authorities say a 26-year-old man was fatally stabbed along a bike path in Ventura County. 

The incident unfolded just after 2 p.m. Saturday on the bike path west of Victoria Avenue on the extension of Montalvo Hill Park. 

It was there that officers located a man who had been stabbed multiple times. He was transported to a hospital where he died. 

The victim was identified as Marcos Guzman Reyes. Preliminary information reveals that a suspect approached Reyes and stabbed him numerous times. 

The stabbing suspect was identified as 39-year-old Pedro Munoz of Ventura, police said Wednesday. Patrol officers saw a man matching his description at the dead end of Valentine Road, east of Victoria Avenue on Tuesday night. When they tried to talk to him, police say Munoz tried to run away, then fought with the officer.

Munoz was eventually taken into custody, and booked on suspicion of murder, assault on a police officer, giving false information to a police officer, and drug possession. Police say he has previously been convicted for assault with a deadly weapon and assaulting police officers.

Munoz is being held on $1.36 million bail and is scheduled to appear in court Thursday.

Anyone with information or possible video footage can call Detective Tovar at 805-339-4462.