CARMICHAEL, Calif. — Martin Lackey-Garcia, the man accused of stabbing a total of four people and killing two at a Carmichael mental health center, has been convicted of murder.
According to the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, a jury convicted Lackey-Garcia of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.
The case stems from a series of stabbings that happened at the Wellness and Recovery Center in Carmichael on February 28, 2020.
Lackey-Garcia met with counselor Eileen Stanwick, got angry and stabbed her multiple times, killing her. Receptionist Tracy Drake was stabbed trying to save Stanwick and suffered fractured ribs and a collapsed lung but survived.
Lackey-Garcia then went to the courtyard and chased employees. Charles McLellan fell while trying to get away and was stabbed in the back but survived.
As employees ran away from the building, Lackey-Garcia went back into the office and stabbed Paul McIntyre to death.
Home security camera footage caught a heroic homeless man – Stephen Todd Ward aka ‘Cowboy' – as he followed, tackled and held down Lackey-Garcia until law enforcement arrived.
Lackey-Garcia faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole. Sentencing is scheduled for August 8.
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