{"id":456437,"date":"2026-09-07T18:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T18:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456437\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T18:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T18:26:19","slug":"california-mass-stabbing-at-park-leaves-3-injured-over-holiday-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456437\/","title":{"rendered":"California mass stabbing at park leaves 3 injured over holiday weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three people were wounded in a bloody mass stabbing near a Salinas park Sunday evening, with one victim suffering critical injuries, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Police rushed to the area near the 700 block of East Street around 5:17 p.m. after receiving a report that a man had been stabbed, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksbw.com\/article\/1-in-critical-condition-3-injured-in-salinas-stabbing\/73626868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">KSBW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, they discovered multiple victims suffering from serious stab wounds, according to the Salinas Police Department.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40699301\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-07-at-9.11.54-AM.jpg\" alt=\"A police car with flashing lights at a crime scene blocked off with yellow tape at Cesar E Chavez Community Park.\" class=\"wp-image-40699301\"\/>When officers arrived, they discovered multiple victims suffering from serious stab wounds, according to the Salinas Police Department. KSBW<\/p>\n<p>A fourth victim, who was also injured in the attack, later made their own way to the emergency department at Natividad Medical Center at about 5:23 p.m., police said.<\/p>\n<p>One of the victims was initially listed in critical condition, while the others also suffered significant injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the severity of the attack, police said all three victims are expected to survive.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia&#8217;s top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40699369\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/www-instagram-com-p-coeijj-140020751.jpg\" alt=\"Park with picnic tables and grills, surrounded by trees and residential buildings.\" class=\"wp-image-40699369\"\/>The stabbing happened near Cesar Chavez Park in Salinas. Instagram\/@salinasneighborhoods<\/p>\n<p>Authorities had not released information about a possible suspect or said whether anyone had been arrested as of the latest update.<\/p>\n<p>The stabbing happened near Cesar Chavez Park, though police have not disclosed what led to the violence or whether the victims knew one another.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/p>\n<p>California Post News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCaliforniaPost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@CaliforniaPost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thecaliforniapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Vb6a2IV1NCrL6q2AWq0E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WhatsApp<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/company\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a><br \/>California Post Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capostsports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/capostsports\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CaliforniaPostSports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a><br \/>California Post  <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Opinion<\/a> <br \/>California Post Newsletters: <a href=\"https:\/\/email.nypost.com\/#california-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here!<\/a><br \/>California Post App: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Download here!<\/a><br \/>Home delivery: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.californiapost.com\/defaultCAP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here!<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><br \/><\/a>Page Six Hollywood: <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/hollywood-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people were wounded in a bloody mass stabbing near a Salinas park Sunday evening, with one victim&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,4182,266,3796,3586],"class_list":["post-456437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-metro","tag-northern-california","tag-stabbings","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456437","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=456437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}