Who is Benson Parks? LA man reveals how he tackled assailant who attacked ex-Olympian Kim Glass
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Kim Glass, a silver medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics was attacked by a homeless man in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, July 9. The man threw a metal object at Glass' face, resulting in multiple face fractures and leaving her eye swollen shut and requiring stitches. Glass said that she was leaving lunch with a friend when she noticed a man on the opposite side of the street that had an object in his hand. Glass described the object as a "pipe."
Despite the severity of the assault, Glass assured her supporters that she would recover from her injuries. "Right now it looks like my vision will be okay, and I got really great stitching from the doctor," she said. A spokesperson for Los Angeles police identified the homeless man as 51-year-old Semeon Tesfamariam and said that he was booked on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Associated Press.
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Who is Benson Parks?
Benson Parks, who lives in Los Angeles, captured the aftermath of the attack on Saturday, July 9. The footage shows her assailant being restrained on one of the city's streets, with blood splattered not far away. The video recording captured the moment right after Glass was attacked. In the video, Tesfanmarian could be seen being held by bystanders until police arrested him.
The crime scene consisted of several blood stains, spilled leftovers, and what appears to be a bag, while the video also shows witnesses holding a cloth to Glass's head and close to her eye to stop the bleeding while she was recorded yelling in pain.
"I was eating and heard a lady screaming, so I jumped out of my truck and a guy said he hurt her, I'm like who he pointed and buddy was trying to get away so I chased his b**** a** down and dragged him back, and stumped his face 1 time," Parks posted on his Instagram story.
"But held him down while other people were just looking scared, I was so mad thinking like what if it was someone I loved so I just did what real men do and protect our women, I hate this happened to her though," he added.
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Tesfanmarian was arrested soon after the incident and was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon, according to Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson Officer Drake Madison. No motive behind the attack has been publicly released.