Homicide suspect arrested after man dies from stabbing in North Sacramento

Sacramento police say they have arrested a man in connection with a stabbing that left one man dead Wednesday in a North Sacramento neighborhood.

Police were called to the 2900 block of Connie Drive in the city’s Ben Ali neighborhood at 10:53 a.m. after receiving reports of a medical aid call, police said in a news release. When officers arrived, they found a man lying on the ground with a stab wound.

Medical personnel pronounced the man deceased at the scene, the Sacramento Police Department said. He was identified by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office as 30-year-old Wayne Lewis, of Sacramento.

Officers said Thursday morning that they had taken 32-year-old Corey Domontae Harrison into custody as a suspect in the stabbing. Harrison will be arraigned on the charge of murder during an arraignment scheduled for Friday. He remains in custody at the Sacramento County Main Jail without bail.

This story was originally published September 14, 2023 at 7:32 AM.