West Sacramento police arrest man on suspicion of homicide following deadly knife fight

Police have arrested a man who was injured in a knife fight on suspicion of homicide as they continue to investigate a deadly stabbing Tuesday in West Sacramento.

The suspect, described earlier in the week as a “person of interest,” was being detained by officers while undergoing treatment at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, according to the West Sacramento Police Department.

The department, in a Friday update posted to social media, said the earlier person of interest was arrested and will be booked into jail on suspicion of homicide following medical treatment. Police did not identify the suspect, who was seriously injured but is expected to survive.

Police in Friday’s post said the suspect was spotted by officers, who saw him walking down the street wearing bloody clothing.

Officer Scott Farnsworth, a spokesman for the department, said the man hospitalized had undergone surgery and was in and out of consciousness as he spoke to officers about the events. It’s still not known what led to Tuesday’s incident in which two men, both in their 30s, allegedly stabbed one another at a residence on the 1600 block of Riverbank Road just before 2 p.m.

The other man involved in the fight died from his injuries.

Police are still trying to piece together elements of the altercation and whether the victim, who has not been identified, was a resident of the home where the stabbings occurred.

This story was originally published September 6, 2023 at 2:42 PM.