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Law enforcement tape marks off Courthouse Park in Downtown Fresno on Thursday, where a senior Fresno County deputy district attorney was stabbed while filming a campaign commercial on break from his job. Photo courtesy of Fresno County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n
The senior deputy district attorney was on break from shooting a television commercial for a Fresno County Superior Court candidate when he was attacked, according to the candidate\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n
A senior Fresno County deputy district attorney was stabbed Thursday afternoon in Downtown Fresno\u2019s Courthouse Park during the filming of a campaign commercial while on break from his job.<\/p>\n
A suspect is in custody, according to statements from the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office and District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp.<\/p>\n
Deputies responded within minutes<\/p>\n
The Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office said dispatchers received a report at 1:13 p.m. of a man being stabbed in Courthouse Park. Deputies assigned to the courthouse responded to aid the victim and search for the suspect.<\/p>\n
At 1:16 p.m., deputies found the suspect near the intersection of Fresno Street and Van Ness Boulevard, according to the Sheriff\u2019s Office. Deputies used a Taser to take the suspect into custody, and a weapon was recovered.<\/p>\n
The victim, initially identified as an employee of the County of Fresno, was taken to Community Regional Medical Center. He was conscious, breathing and talking during transport, the Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n
District attorney condemns the attack<\/p>\n
Smittcamp, in a statement, said the prosecutor was receiving medical care and being evaluated at the hospital. \u201cWe are outraged and deeply saddened by the brazen stabbing of one of our Senior Deputy District Attorneys this afternoon in Courthouse Park,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Smittcamp said her office would not release the prosecutor\u2019s name out of respect for him and his family. \u201cThere is no place in our community for violence against those who serve it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor was filming a campaign ad<\/p>\n
The prosecutor who was stabbed was with Ashley S. Paulson, Fresno\u2019s chief assistant city attorney and a candidate for Fresno County Superior Court judge, and members of her campaign when the attack occurred, according to a statement from Paulson. She said the group was shooting a television commercial at Courthouse Park and the prosecutor was on break from his DA job.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am shocked and heartbroken by the violent attack on a Senior Deputy District Attorney who, while on break this afternoon, was with me and members of our campaign shooting a television commercial at Courthouse Park,\u201d Paulson said. She described the prosecutor as a longtime colleague and close friend.<\/p>\n
Investigators searching for a motive<\/p>\n
Sheriff\u2019s detectives are investigating and working to determine a motive, according to the Sheriff\u2019s Office. Smittcamp said her office understood the Sheriff\u2019s Office and MAGEC (Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Consortium) were also investigating. She said the office would defer questions about the circumstances of the attack and the suspect to the Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
The Sheriff\u2019s Office said the suspect\u2019s name was not available for release.<\/p>\n
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