{"id":282426,"date":"2026-04-23T18:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282426\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:51:11","slug":"19-year-old-sacramento-man-arrested-in-deadly-double-stabbing-at-doco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282426\/","title":{"rendered":"19-year-old Sacramento man arrested in deadly double stabbing at DOCO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>19-year-old Sacramento man arrested in deadly double stabbing at DOCO<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t11 P.M. TONIGHT, A FAMILY IS DEMANDING JUSTICE AFTER THEIR SON WAS STABBED TO DEATH IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. 21 YEAR OLD DUSTIN DEWITT, FROM STOCKTON, IS BEING REMEMBERED AS A RAY OF SUNSHINE BY HIS FAMILY. VERY LOVING, VERY TALENTED. PUT A SMILE ON PEOPLE\u2019S FACE. VERY CARING AS WELL. LIKED. HE WORKED AT DUTCH BROS AND STOCKTON AND THE CUSTOMERS LOVED THEM. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE FOR OUR NEWS TONIGHT AT 11. I\u2019M EDIE LAMBERT, I\u2019M GULSTAN DART DEWITT AND A WOMAN WERE STABBED NEAR THE YARD HOUSE RESTAURANT IN DOCO LAST NIGHT. KCRA 3\u2019S ANDRES VALLE SAT DOWN WITH HIS FAMILY TONIGHT. HE WAS JUST SO VIBRANT, VIVACIOUS. HE\u2019S VERY. HE HAS AN AMAZING PERSONALITY. HE\u2019S LOVED BY SO MANY. YOU KNOW, HE\u2019S JUST A RAY OF SUNSHINE. A LIGHT THAT SHINES SO BRIGHT. FOR THOSE WHO KNEW DUSTIN DEWITT, HE JUST CREATED JUST SUCH A HUGE IMPACT ON ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE THAT HE MET AND THAT HE ENCOUNTERED HIS FAMILY SHARING WHAT MADE HIM SO SPECIAL HAD A SPECIAL AURA. THAT KIND OF KEPT EVERYTHING TOGETHER. LIKE IT WASN\u2019T HAPPENING UNTIL DUSTIN ARRIVED. THE 21 YEAR OLD WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED IN A STABBING IN SACRAMENTO\u2019S DOWNTOWN COMMONS MONDAY NIGHT. HIS MOTHER SAYS SHE KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG WHEN SHE NOTICED HIS PHONE\u2019S LOCATION HADN\u2019T MOVED FOR HOURS. SHE SENT HIS SISTER JESSICA TO CHECK IN ON HIM, AND WE WENT AND THERE WAS JUST COPS EVERYWHERE, AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS HORRIBLE FEELING. FINALLY, SHE CALLED ME AND SHE\u2019S LIKE, AND THAT\u2019S WHEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE WORST. THE WORST THING A MOTHER COULD EVER HEAR. IT WAS JUST A HORSE. IT WAS JUST. IT WAS THE WORST NIGHTMARE EVER. YOU DON\u2019T EVER WANT TO GET A PHONE CALL LIKE THAT. WE\u2019RE HURTING. IT\u2019S THE BIGGEST LIE. LOSS OF OUR LIFE. DUSTIN WAS IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING TO BE A FLIGHT ATTENDANT, A CAREER HIS FAMILY SAYS WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT FOR HIM. HE\u2019S SO PERSONABLE. HE JUST HE HE COULD MAKE ANYONE LAUGH, ANYONE SMILE. HE WOULD MAKE ANYONE FEEL COMFORTABLE. HE WAS VERY JUST BE PERFECT. HE HAS SO MUCH GOING ON. HE WANTED TO FINISH SCHOOL AT DELTA. HE HE WORKED REALLY HARD AT DUTCH FOR FIVE YEARS. SOMETIMES YOU WERE LIKE, HOLD TWO JOBS, YOU KNOW? AND HE HUSTLED. NOW HIS FAMILY IS DEMANDING JUSTICE. AS SACRAMENTO POLICE INVESTIGATE, ASKING FOR ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD TO THE FULLEST HERE. YOU KNOW? ABSOLUTELY. WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN THERE IN DOWNTOWN. WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF VIDEOS, SO PLEASE JUST COME FORWARD VOWING TO STOP AT NOTHING. ALL WE HAVE IS EACH OTHER. AND THAT\u2019S WHAT\u2019S KEEPING US GOING. AND THE FIGHT FOR HIM, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WILL NOT STOP. PLEASE, PLEASE HELP US. PLEASE COME FORWARD. PLEASE BRING JUSTICE TO MY SON. HE DID NOT DESERVE THAT. ANDRES VALLE KCRA THREE NEWS SACRAMENTO POLICE HAVE YET TO RELEASE ANY SUSPECT INFORMATION. ACCORDING T\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>19-year-old Sacramento man arrested in deadly double stabbing at DOCO<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769020329_917_kcra.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"KCRA logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 10:26 AM PDT Apr 23, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA 19-year-old man has been arrested in a double stabbing at Sacramento\u2019s Downtown Commons area that killed a 21-year-old in March.Humberto Palacios, of Sacramento, was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on homicide charges, police said on Thursday. (Earlier coverage in the video above.)The arrest comes after two people were stabbed on March 2 in the 400 block of K Street around 9:45 p.m.Dustin DeWitt, of Stockton, died and a woman was injured in the attack.A witness described a fight that broke out before the stabbing near the Yard House and Holiday Inn.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A 19-year-old man has been arrested in a double stabbing at Sacramento\u2019s Downtown Commons area that killed a 21-year-old in March.<\/p>\n<p>Humberto Palacios, of Sacramento, was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on homicide charges, police said on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>(Earlier coverage in the video above.)<\/p>\n<p>The arrest comes after two people were stabbed on March 2 in the 400 block of K Street around 9:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Dustin DeWitt, of Stockton, died and a woman was injured in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>A witness described a fight that broke out before the stabbing near the Yard House and Holiday Inn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-news-on-the-go-download\/44039145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download our app<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KCRA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"19-year-old Sacramento man arrested in deadly double stabbing at DOCO 11 P.M. 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