Police have arrested a suspect in the stabbing of a Santa Monica restaurant employee who was on his break over the weekend.

It happened just before 5 p.m. on Sunday outside of the Pier Pizza & Subs restaurant, located in the 1600 block of Ocean Front Walk, according to a Santa Monica Police Department news release at the time. Upon arrival, they found a man suffering from non-life-threatening injuries after he was stabbed multiple times.

The victim, who still hasn't been identified, was on his lunch break when the assault occurred, coworkers told CBS News Los Angeles on Monday. He was hospitalized after being treated at the scene by Santa Monica Fire Department paramedics.

While investigating the incident, SMPD detectives found that the attack happened at the top of a staircase that

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