{"id":202939,"date":"2026-03-03T23:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202939\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T23:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:32:07","slug":"fatal-stabbing-on-k-street-leaves-downtown-sacramento-businesses-uneasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202939\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal stabbing on K Street leaves downtown Sacramento businesses uneasy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Employees who regularly walk through the area, including nearby parking garages, say they often feel on edge.<\/p>\n<p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SacramentoPoliceDepartment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sacramento police<\/a> are searching for a suspect after a double stabbing in the Downtown Commons area left one man dead Monday night, raising renewed concerns among downtown business owners and employees about safety in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded just before 9:45 p.m. to the 400 block of K Street after receiving reports of a stabbing, police said. When they arrived, they found a man and a woman who had both been stabbed. Both were taken to a hospital, but despite lifesaving efforts, the man was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are reviewing surveillance video and interviewing witnesses as they work to identify the person responsible. No suspect information has been released, and authorities have not provided an update on the woman\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n<p>The violence has left some who work nearby uneasy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s horrible. We should be able to be in our community and enjoy the businesses that we have safely,\u201d Alicia, a downtown Sacramento employee, said.<\/p>\n<p>Employees who regularly walk through the area, including nearby parking garages, say they often feel on edge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to go down to the parking garage every day when we go to work from our office,\u201d Jetty Njerikamau, a downtown Sacramento employee, said. \u201cI partially don\u2019t feel safe most of the time. It\u2019s not, nothing ever happens, but I always have that hesitation just because, you know, we have random people that may be questionable that are down there at times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter Navin, who opened his custom tailor shop, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/navinscustomtailors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Navin\u2019s<\/a>, in Downtown Plaza about 45 years ago, said the latest killing is especially difficult.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how to expose this to my family and let them know that there was another killing again,\u201d Navin said.<\/p>\n<p>Navin said he recently signed a new lease about a month ago and had once hoped to see the area thrive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe previous mayor who brought in the Kings over here, and the former basketball player, I even went for a walk with him, and he says, I assure you we will make this like the capital center of the city, like the finance center,\u201d Navin said. \u201cI\u2019m still waiting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday morning, Navin said an employee called him after arriving at the shop and finding it taped off following the stabbing.<\/p>\n<p>He also recalled an overnight standoff about two years ago involving a man with a gun on the roof of a parking garage next to his business.<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento police say there is a new substation at 320 K Street. Navin said he hopes having a police station next door will help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when I hear something like this, I\u2019m afraid my family would be after me to move from here because they don\u2019t want me to be a victim next time,\u201d Navin said.<\/p>\n<p>Others say they want to see more done to prevent violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking at the data and looking at like are we really meeting the moment the way that we should be and based on like when this is happening, who it\u2019s happening to, and how this is happening, because I think for the most part we can feel the presence of policing folks but it seems like there\u2019s a gap in when this is happening,\u201d Alicia said.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is urged to call Sacramento police or Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fpSO3GT64JI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Two stabbed at the Downtown Commons, no suspect known according to police<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    ABC10: Watch, Download, Read<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Employees who regularly walk through the area, including nearby parking garages, say they often feel on edge. 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