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OAKLAND, Calif. – The man arrested in a series of random stabbings in Oakland\u2019s Fruitvale neighborhood<\/a> has been identified.<\/p>\n The suspect is Jose Jesus Rodriguez, 34.<\/p>\n Rodriguez, who is unhoused, has a lengthy criminal history, according to court records. The records also indicate he has mental health issues and was sent to prison following a previous stabbing spree in 2019.<\/p>\n He now faces murder and assault charges in the fatal stabbing of Gonzalo Lopez, 58, at Cesar Chavez Park, as well as other attacks that injured four people Monday night.<\/p>\n “That was very, very scary,” Oakland resident Moe Hassan said near the site of two of the stabbings. “We need to get a hold on it. Mental health is very strong in Oakland, and it\u2019s like more and more every day.”<\/p>\n Questions over parole supervision and mental health <\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n Legal analyst Steven Clark said authorities should review Rodriguez\u2019s mental health history and parole supervision.<\/p>\n Clark said questions will likely be raised about whether more could have been done before the deadly stabbing.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s understandable why the community may feel that the pendulum has swung too far in favor of the defendant instead of public safety when you see a case like this,” Clark said.<\/p>\n Oakland police said that after the fatal stabbing, Rodriguez stabbed an unhoused man at a gas station near 38th Avenue and San Leandro Street<\/a>; a man riding on the back of a scooter near 39th Avenue and International Boulevard; a woman near the same intersection after she tried to escape by walking into the street; and another victim at the Fruitvale BART station.<\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n In 2019, police said Rodriguez stabbed an Uber driver and a garbage collector, leading to his imprisonment. He was released on supervised parole in 2023 but failed to find work and racked up at least six parole violations, court records show.<\/p>\n Authorities said Rodriguez once headbutted an Oakland police officer and tried to bite off the officer\u2019s ear. Court records also state that he swung a wooden board at two people “like an axe.”<\/p>\n In a report last year, a parole agent wrote: “There are no programs to appropriately address Rodriguez\u2019s escalating behavior. Rodriguez\u2019s recent behavior poses a significant threat to the community.”<\/p>\n KTVU contacted the parole agent, who said he was unaware of the latest stabbing spree and ended the call after being asked about Rodriguez.<\/p>\n Israel Ramos, who works at a barbershop near 39th Avenue and International Boulevard, said he was also troubled by the apparent randomness of the attacks.<\/p>\n “It can happen at any time, any moment in Oakland,” Ramos said. “You just don\u2019t know what can happen. I feel sorry for the family.”<\/p>\n Henry Lee is a KTVU crime reporter. E-mail Henry at Henry.Lee@fox.com and follow him on X @henrykleeKTVU and www.facebook.com\/henrykleefan<\/p>\n The Source: KTVU reporting, Alameda County court records<\/p>\n Oakland<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND, Calif. – The man arrested in a series of random stabbings in Oakland\u2019s Fruitvale neighborhood has been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[389,1184,2042,100,143,101,103,102,104,106,105,1181],"class_list":["post-444766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-alameda-county","tag-ca","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444766","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=444766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Surveillance](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/r0mkz67ygznlcd2v.jpg\")
Previous stabbing spree led to prison <\/p>\n