{"id":251437,"date":"2026-04-04T09:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/251437\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T09:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:36:37","slug":"three-juveniles-stabbed-during-altercation-at-river-park-in-fresno-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/251437\/","title":{"rendered":"Three juveniles stabbed during altercation at River Park in Fresno, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A violent altercation involving a group of juveniles left three people stabbed on Thursday at River Park in Fresno.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers responded to reports of a large disturbance shortly after 10 p.m., where approximately 10 individuals were believed to be involved in a fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As police were en route, additional calls indicated that multiple people had been stabbed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When officers arrived, they discovered one stabbing victim at the scene, according to Fresno Police Lt. Justin Hoagland said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two additional victims had already been driven away by others in a vehicle before pulling over at the intersection of Blackstone and Nees, where they called 911 and waited for help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hoagland later confirmed all three victims were injured in the same incident, specifically in the upper torso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police identified the victims as a female juvenile and two male juveniles.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Three juveniles were stabbed at River Park in Fresno, California on Thursday, April 2, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7861f9b0fb79c3bf9410926faae10116.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Three juveniles were stabbed at River Park in Fresno, California on Thursday, April 2, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>(Anthony Galaviz\/agalaviz@fresnobee.com)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two of the victims are in stable condition and expected to survive. The other male juvenile remains in critical condition and underwent surgery, Hoagland said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators say the violence appears to have stemmed from a fight between two groups of 10 juveniles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hoagland said it remains unclear whether one person or multiple individuals were responsible for the stabbings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No weapon has been recovered, though authorities believe a sharp instrument was used.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two individuals, believed to be between the ages of 13 and 15, have been detained. Their exact involvement remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police say the stabbing occurred in an access roadway near the shopping and entertainment area, not inside a movie theater.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Detectives are canvassing the area for surveillance footage to determine how the fight began and whether there was any prior conflict between the groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials have not yet determined if the incident is gang-related.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hoagland said one person reported being punched during the altercation, but did not suffer stab wounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A violent altercation involving a group of juveniles left three people stabbed on Thursday at River Park in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[29182,112,114,113,3695,111761,23478],"class_list":{"0":"post-251437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-altercation","9":"tag-fresno","10":"tag-fresno-headlines","11":"tag-fresno-news","12":"tag-fresno-police","13":"tag-justin-hoagland","14":"tag-river-park"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}