{"id":366041,"date":"2026-06-18T18:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/366041\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T18:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:28:11","slug":"man-using-walker-stabs-suspect-in-self-defense-in-northeast-fresno-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/366041\/","title":{"rendered":"Man using walker stabs suspect in self-defense in northeast Fresno, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KFSN logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, June 18, 2026 5:58PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"ABC30 Central CA | Action News\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; A man using a walker ended up stabbing someone in northeast Fresno on Thursday in what police are calling an act of self-defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It happened on San Ramon Avenue near 4th Street just before 9 am Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police say a 65-year-old man using a walker was approached by a 45-year-old man with a wrench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities say the older man was hit with the wrench multiple times and eventually used his walker as self-defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The older man then ultimately pulled a knife out of his walker and stabbed the suspect in the arm and chest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities say the suspect ran off before being taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">He is being treated at Community Regional Medical Center and will be booked into the Fresno County Jail once medically cleared.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, June 18, 2026 5:58PM FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; A man using a walker ended up stabbing someone&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[148536,112,114,113,148535,1075,31068,1878,294],"class_list":["post-366041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-148536","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-man-using-walker","tag-northwest-fresno","tag-self-defense","tag-stabbing","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366041","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=366041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}