Former Olympic Volleyball Player, Kim Glass Brutally Assaulted By Homeless Man

A former Olympic volleyball player is recovering after being brutally attacked by a homeless man in downtown Los Angeles.

Kim Glass said she had just left a restaurant after having lunch with a friend Friday when the man ran up and threw a metal pipe that hit her face.

Onlookers came to her aid until paramedics arrived.

Several people held the suspect down until officers arrived 

Glass was left with a severely bruised and swollen eye, fractured cheek, and stitches.

Despite her injuries, Glass said she is OK and it could’ve been much worse.

“Guys, just be safe out there… I wasn’t ready for it and there’s a lot of mentally ill people on these streets right now,” she said.

Semeon Tesfamariam, 51, was arrested and booked for felony assault with a deadly weapon. He was being held without bail.

Glass won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics on the U.S.A. women’s indoor volleyball team.