SACRAMENTO, Calif. — 5 a.m. Thursday update:
Sacramento Police have released new details about a stabbing investigation that ended with at least one officer shooting and killing the suspect.
Police said they were called to an apartment on Park City Court at 7:49 p.m.on Wednesday night for reports of a disturbance. Police said they received multiple calls including one caller who reported he was being stabbed.
According to a news release, when officers arrived they found a victim bleeding on the floor and a suspect threatening him with a knife.
Police said at least one officer shot at the suspect. He was declared dead on the scene.
The stabbing victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive.
The Sacramento Police Department’s Homicide Unit and Internal Affairs Division are leading the investigation into the incident, while The Office of Public Safety Accountability and the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office provides oversight.
Wednesday night update:
Sacramento police released more details about an incident Wednesday night during which an officer fired their gun and someone died on scene.
Around 8 Wednesday night, officers responded to a stabbing call in the Pocket Neighborhood. Police said they came in contact with the injured stabbing victim and another man.
A police spokesperson would not confirm whether that second man was the suspect in the stabbing.
At some point, the spokesperson said, an officer fired their gun. Police would not describe what happened that prompted that action.
The second man died on scene. Police would not confirm that he was shot by the officer.
The man with stab wounds is in critical but stable condition, police said, after medical personnel transported him to the hospital.
No officers were injured. Police said there's no continued threat to the Pocket neighborhood.
Police have not yet released the identity of either man.
Original story:
What started as a reported stabbing call turned into a police shooting at an apartment complex in Sacramento’s Pocket neighborhood, Wednesday night.
Officers were responding to the call at an apartment on Park City Court just before 8 p.m.
Few details are known at this time, but officials told ABC10 that at some point after officers arrived on the scene the shooting occurred. No officers were injured.
So far there is no official word if anyone else was injured, but a neighbor told ABC10 they heard as many as three gunshots and then saw someone being loaded into an ambulance.
Police have blocked off several blocks, including much of Park City Court and Corporate Way. Officers say the crime scene extends to this entire area.