case of a series of stabbings.
Davis police arrested a suspect after
two people were stabbed to deatd
a third victim is now in the hospital.
The suspect was identified as
21 year old Carlos Dominguez,
who police say was a UC Davis student.
ABC 10s Alicia Machado joins use
from the Davis Police Department tonight
with the latest on the investign
and what this arrest means to te
people who called Davis home, Alicia.
Well, Chris Laura Davis Police y
that Dominguez, when he was detained,
a large hunting knife was found on him,
matching the description of the
weapon used in the third attack.
Now we're hearing from officials that
Dominguez was a UC Davis studen.
That is, until last week,
when UC Davis officials say he s
expelled for academic reasons.
Now, As for the community around Davis,
people are just feeling a sense
of comfort resting tonight.
I think I speak for Davis when I say they
all have a collective sigh of relief. Relief
after a suspect was taken into
custody following three stabbins
and Davis over the past week.
Davis police identifying the suspect as
21 year old Carlos Dominguez arrested
on suspicion of two counts of mr
and one count of attempted murd.
Stabbings happen all the time,
but they don't and Davis police
say Dominguez had a large huntig
knife on him when he was initiay
detained on Wednesday afternoon
as a person of interest.
Davis resident Carter Carlson
was one of several people who sw
Dominguez near Sycamore Park Wednesday
and called it in to police.
I didn't think my tip
was going to go that far.
I knew that the police were
obviously going to listen to it,
but I didn't think that we were
actually going to get him.
I'm. Beyond happy that we did,
the FBI searched Dominguez's hoe
near 8th and Hawthorne Thursday.
Dominguez was detained Wednesday
just a block away from Sycamorek
where a 20 year old UC Davis stt
was stabbed to death on April 2.
Just two days earlier,
50 year old David Brown,
known as Compassion Guy,
was found dead in Central
Park after being attacked.
1/3 victim a homeless woman waso
stabbed at an encampment near 2d
and L streets and severely inju.
Of the days that followed the stabbings,
friends and locals have created memorials
and remembrance of the victims.
Friends of David Breaux,
thankful to hear a suspect was
caught in their friend's murder.
We're all hoping that justice ce
done for David because many of my family
and friends know knew David very well.
Friends like Americo Mesa,
who tells us he knew David for years,
sharing this photo of the
two thirteen years ago.
Beautiful person, beautiful
soul, I hope. He's shining in the universe
now. That third victim is
still in recovery in the
hospital after that stabbing.
But As for Dominguez,
he was taken to the Leolo County Jail.
His motive still unclear,
but something we will continue
to follow as this case unfolds
and we understand he is due in t
on Monday. Our Alicia Machado le
in Davis tonight. Alicia. Thank.
Well, everyone's freaked
out and scared nothing.
Things like this don't normally
happen in Davis, as you've hear.
So I think there'll be a great
sense of relief after today
new tonight, UC Davis Chancellor Gary May,
reacting to the news a former UC Davis
student was arrested in connection to
this string of deadly stabbing attacks.
You know, it's it's a tragedy
no matter how you spell it out,
no matter who the perpetrator i.
So that's the the core of my reaction.
I'm just so sorry that someone.
Put so many people through
so much misery. Two
of the three stabbing victims d,
including a 20 year old UC Davis student.
News the chancellor admits left him in tears.
I heard his father say he thougt
he would be preparing for gradun
and he's preparing for a funera.
And you know, I I cry.
We plan to have a memorial serve
for Kareem tomorrow on campus.
I will speak at that memorial service
and express myself more fully t.
But you know, I'm a father of two girls.
I can't imagine how it would be to lose.
A young person. UC
Davis officials say the suspect
was expelled April 25th for,
quote, academic reasons.
The deadly stabbing started on
April 27th and one week later
police announced an arrest.
I think there's a high degree of
probability that his reign of terror was
not was not over from his perspective,
but for the intervention of thed
people who saw him and recognized him.
And the quick response on the pt
of the Davis Police Department,
former Sacramento County Sheriff John
McGinnis says the investigationw
enters a new, more challenging phase.
I think on the part of the general public,
there's a kind of a feeling at
this point that, OK, it's a rel,
but honestly, the effort now bes
in terms of the prosecutorial efforts.
Meanwhile, Chancellor May is fod
on reassuring students and staf.
I want them to understand that
their safety is my top priority
and our team's top priority.
And that going forward,
we think that we can resume
some sense of normalcy.
And the Davis is still a great
place to live and to learn.
And UC Davis has formed a scholarship
fund in memory of Kareem.
Money from the fund will be grad
to students doing research to
make sure his legacy lives on.
The 20 year old was just six wes
away from graduating with his
bachelor's degree in computer science.