Central Valley Senior Deputy District Attorney in Hospital After Being Stabbed, Officials Say
Investigators are probing a possible motive after deputies used a taser to subdue the suspect and recovered the weapon, officials said.
- On Thursday, a senior deputy district attorney was stabbed at Courthouse Park in Downtown Fresno while filming a campaign commercial just after 1 p.m., prompting an immediate response from the Fresno County Sheriff.
- Deputies apprehended 42-year-old Dustin Crawford near Fresno Street and Van Ness Avenue three minutes after the attack, utilizing a Taser to secure the suspect before recovering a weapon.
- Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp condemned the attack as "unprovoked," stating "there is no place in our community for violence against those who serve it." The prosecutor has been released from the hospital.
- Investigators from the Fresno County Sheriff's Office and the Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Consortium are working to determine a motive, while Sheriff John Zanoni urged public vigilance and awareness in the area.
- Crawford remains in the Fresno County Jail on $1 million bail, booked on charges of attempted murder and attempted murder of a public official following the Thursday incident.
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Deputy DA Stabbed at Courthouse Park, Suspect Held on Attempted Murder Charge
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) A Fresno County deputy district attorney is recovering after a stabbing attack in downtown Fresno. Authorities say the prosecutor was filming a campaign commercial Thursday afternoon at Courthouse Park when he was attacked without provocation. The incident happened just after 1 p.m. Sheriff’s deputies assigned to the courthouse responded immediately, arrested a suspect, and provided aid to the victim. 42-year-old Dustin Crawfo…
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ussanews.comFresno County employee stabbed in Downtown Fresno as suspect detained
A Fresno County employee was stabbed in broad daylight Thursday at a downtown park. The stabbing unfolded around 1:13 p.m. at Courthouse Park, according to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies assigned to the nearby courthouse raced outside after reports of the attack and rushed to help the male victim, who was identified as a...
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