Today brought new developments in the
case of three stabbings in Davi.
Police detained a person of
interests in a neighborhood only
a block away from Sycamore Park.
That's where the 2nd
stabbing victim was found.
A 20 year old UC Davis student
and Davis High School grad,
ABC 10s Alicia Machado spoke
to people who live in the area
tonight about how they're feelig
knowing this new development.
After an uneasy
and saddening week,
Davis neighbors I spoke with say
they're breathing a sigh of relf
hearing that a person of interet
was detained in these stabbings.
They're hoping this can all
come to an end soon.
It definitely makes me feel a lot better,
Davis residents resting a bit
easier Wednesday night knowing t
police have detained a person of
interest related to the stabbins
within the city over the past w.
Davis police say that person was
detained in the area of Pine Lae
and Colby Drive around 4:15 PM That's
one block away from Sycamore Pa,
where a 20 year old UC Davis stt
was killed in a stabbing Saturd.
Residents like UC Davis senior
Corinne Jabba left feeling uneay
after hearing of the three stabs
that killed two people and left
one woman critically injured.
It's just
been hard, you know, like.
Trying to decide whether we shod
go to the grocery store, go to class,
like whether it's safe to leave.
There's a lot of sadness and
a lot of fear going around.
50 year old David Bro,
known as Compassion Guy,
was killed in the first stabbing found
dead in Central Park on April 2.
Local still visiting the memoril
made in his honor Wednesday afternoon.
But the streets not as bustling
as neighbors are used to seeing.
Locals walking dogs earlier in the day
concerned for safety after the stabbings.
Scared, shocked.
Every night before we went to b,
we have had to check the door a.
Again and again.
We have kid and we don't go
to park anymore. Recently,
residents say they've seen polie
patrolling their neighborhoods lately.
Until someone is charged for the
stabbings, neighbors and friends
are looking out for each other.
I fortunately have a car, so
I've been offering to pick up people.
Because I have friends who work at the
school, They don't feel safe biking at night,
just offering that for, like, safety,
just to make sure that they get home.
It's unclear exactly how this person of
interest may be related to the stabbings,
and their identity has not been released.
We reached out to Davis PD For e
information on this investigati,
and we'll bring that to you
as soon as we learn more.
And that was our Alicia Machado
reporting from Davis tonight.
Police there say biological
evidence has been collected from
each of the three crime scenes,
but they still haven't been
able to link the three cases.
The department was also workingn
putting together a sketch of the
attacker from witness descripti,
but they say they couldn't make an accurate
one with the information they h.
And take a look at your screen t
now if you've seen anything or anyone
suspicious in and around Davis.
These are the police numbers
that you want to have handy.
You can get your phone out,
take a picture of them on
your screen with your phone,
or you can find them on our webe
abc10.com. Two of the three vics
of these stabbings are people lg
in Davis experiencing homelessn.
There are about 180 homeless
people living in Davis,
and roughly 100 of them live on the street.
One Davis shelter operated by Ds
Community Meals and Housing ope4
new beds after the Monday night attack.
They tell us nineteen were in
use last night and all of them
were smoking for tonight.
Everybody wanted to come in yesterday.
I mean, I think everybody in to,
especially after the Monday
night incident when you know,
the person went right through
the tent to attack the woman.
I think it brought home every to
everybody living homeless in the
city of Davis to the idea that
everybody's at risk at this poi.
Bill Pride says the beds will stay open
until the attacker or attackers are found.