{"id":284039,"date":"2026-04-24T17:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284039\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:13:08","slug":"sacramento-teen-arrested-in-fatal-stabbing-of-stockton-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284039\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento teen arrested in fatal stabbing of Stockton man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 19-year-old Sacramento resident is set to be arraigned Friday afternoon in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Stockton man in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Humberto Palacios was arrested and booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on Wednesday, April 22 on suspicion of <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/gofundme-created-stockton-man-fatally-235440856.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:killing 21-year-old Dustin DeWitt;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">killing 21-year-old Dustin DeWitt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Palacios is set to appear for his first court appearance at 3 p.m. Friday, April 24 at a Sacramento courthouse.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The Tower Bridge connects Capitol Mall on the east in Sacramento over the Sacramento to West Capitol Avenue in West Sacramento.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"630\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/390324fc9496a0adb4c6037b37ec07d2.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Tower Bridge connects Capitol Mall on the east in Sacramento over the Sacramento to West Capitol Avenue in West Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">DeWitt, a Stockton resident, was stabbed and killed on March 2, in the 400 block of K Street, near Downtown Commons (DOCO).\u00a0A woman who was with DeWitt was also stabbed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sacramento police said officers responded just before 9:45 p.m. to the area on a report of a stabbing. At the scene, officers found DeWitt with at least one stab wound, police said. Emergency aid was performed on the man and woman before they were taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">DeWitt died from his injuries after being taken to the hospital, police said. The woman survived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stockton homicide report 2026: <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/stockton-homicide-report-2026-see-201016142.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:See victims, map, details, arrests;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> See victims, map, details, arrests<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">DeWitt was described by loved ones as a kind and caring person who always put others first.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kimora Gray, who organized a <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-for-dustins-family-after-tragedy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:GoFundMe;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">GoFundMe<\/a>, said \u201cHis passing has been devastating for his family, friends, and all who were lucky enough to know him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gray added, \u201cHis smile and laughter brought joy to everyone around him, and his absence is deeply felt by all who loved him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Record reporter Victoria Franco covers public safety in Stockton and San Joaquin County. She can be reached at\u00a0<a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/mailto:vfranco@gannett.com\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:vfranco@gannett.com;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">vfranco@gannett.com<\/a>. Support local news, subscribe to The Stockton Record at\u00a0<a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recordnet.com\/subscribenow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:https:\/\/www.recordnet.com\/subscribenow;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/www.recordnet.com\/subscribenow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on The Record: <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recordnet.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2026\/04\/24\/humberto-palacios-arraigned-fatal-stabbing-stockton-dustin-dewitt-sacramento\/89773297007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Man to be arraigned in fatal stabbing of Stockton man in Sacramento;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Man to be arraigned in fatal stabbing of Stockton man in Sacramento<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 19-year-old Sacramento resident is set to be arraigned Friday afternoon in connection with the fatal stabbing of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121402,121,123,122,9123,1878,483],"class_list":{"0":"post-284039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-humberto-palacios","9":"tag-sacramento","10":"tag-sacramento-headlines","11":"tag-sacramento-news","12":"tag-sacramento-police","13":"tag-stabbing","14":"tag-stockton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284039","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=284039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}