Editor's note: This article was originally published June 15 at 6:04 p.m. EDT and has been updated.

A Coronado-based Navy SEAL is being held on $2 million bail in a man's fatal stabbing over the weekendof a on suspicion of murder, according to a release from the Santa Monica Police Department in California.

Theo Andrew Krah, whom the Los Angeles Times reported is a petty officer 2nd class, is suspected of beating and stabbing the unidentified man to death Saturday night, the release said. Local media reported that Krah entered a not guilty plea to one count of homicide at a Wednesday hearing.

A sailor assigned to a West Coast-based has been arrested on a felony homicide warrant, Naval Special Warfare Command spokesmen Lt. j.g. Zach Keating confirmed to Navy Times.

SpokesmenRepresentatives for Naval Special Warfare Command did not immediately respond to phone calls and emails for comment.

According to the Santa Monica Police Department, whose detectives arrested Krah in San Diego on Monday, the Santa Monica Fire Department responded to an emergency call just after 5:00 p.m. on Saturday evening.

"Further investigation revealed the decedent was the victim of an aggravated assault and stabbing," according to the release. "Santa Monica Detectives learned the decedent was involved in an altercation on the Santa Monica Pier earlier in the day."

The victim died of his injuries early Sunday morning.

Krah was arrested as a homicide suspect and booked at the Santa Monica county jail, the release said.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is supporting SMPD's investigation, NCIS spokesman Ed Buice confirmed.

Meghann Myers is the Pentagon bureau chief at Military Times. She covers operations, policy, personnel, leadership and other issues affecting service members.

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