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# Woman murdered at beach
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/woman-murdered-at-beach/
- Published: 2002-10-28T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:49:12.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

At about 10:10 p.m., Santa Monica police officers responded to a 911 call from an unknown person reporting shots were being fired. When police arrived, they found the woman lying in the sand with several gun shot wounds to her upper body, police said.

Witnesses at the scene said they saw two men wearing dark clothes running from the scene shortly after the shots were fired. The incident took place near lifeguard tower 20, between Bay Street and Holllister Avenue.

The woman, whose identity hasn’t been released pending notification of kin, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the victim was not from Santa Monica.

Santa Monica detectives are investigating the crime. Anyone with information should call the Santa Monica Police Robbery/Homicide Unit at (310) 458-8451 or the watch commander at (310) 458-8426.

Saturday’s incident marks the seventh murder this year in Santa Monica. In three of the incidents, the suspected murderers committed suicide. Police have arrested and charged the alleged murderers in the other three homicides.

In 2000, there were two homicides in the city.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 28, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/102802.pdf?ref=smdp.com)