DAVIS, Calif. — A 22-year-old man was hospitalized with potentially life-threatening injuries early Sunday after a stabbing in Tim Spencer Alley during Picnic Day weekend, according to the Davis Police Department.
Lt. John Evans said officers were dispatched at approximately 2:28 a.m. on April 19 to Sutter Davis Hospital for a suspicious injury report after hospital staff reported that a man had arrived at the emergency room suffering from multiple stab wounds.
Through their investigation, officers determined the stabbing scene was near the 700 block of Third Street in the downtown area.
Investigators and members of the department’s Evidence Response Team responded to process the scene.
The injured man was later transported to UC Davis Medical Center, where he was receiving treatment Sunday for potentially life-threatening injuries.
Police said detectives remain actively investigating the case.
The stabbing occurred during Picnic Day, one of Davis’ busiest annual weekends, when thousands of visitors come to the city for campus and community events.
No arrests had been announced as of Sunday, and police had not released additional details about a suspect or the circumstances leading to the stabbing.
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact the Davis Police Department.
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It might be time to shut down Picnic Day. Although no details here yet, it seems like (year-after-year) it attracts out-of-town troublemakers. (At which point, the Vanguard sometimes starts blaming the police instead of the ones causing the problems for everyone else, as usual.)
Lost track of how many articles there were regarding the street-blockers (or more accurately – the police response), and very little coverage of the shooting last year. As is often the case, one has to look elsewhere for the news that actually matters.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/davis-picnic-day-shooting-suspect-sentenced-federal-prison/
Maybe the Whole Earth Festival is enough (and attracts a better element). Plus, the dates of these two events are pretty close to each other.
That would be a university decision.
Pretty sure they’d listen to city input regarding this, unlike how they do regarding housing.
Or maybe the shootings, stabbings, public drunkenness, street blocking and all other problems can somehow be limited to the campus, instead.
But let’s be realistic, here. It’s out-of-towners (no, not me) who are causing the worst problems. People who have no connection to Davis or UCD, most likely.
Apparently, you don’t need to live in a crappy community, since the low-lifes will come to Davis, instead.
Maybe. We don’t know what happened and it’s a random incident in an alley at 2:30 am. Not sure we should be speculating at this point.
“Generally” true, though there was the UC Davis “serial stabber” and the guy who shot officer Natalie Corona (exceptions to the rule, I guess). But not connected to public events.
At some point, Davis might want its MRAP back. (Though I guess it’s a pretty short commute for that thing as needed, as well.)