Overview
- Police responded to the first report just before 7:30 p.m. Monday at Cesar Chavez Park and found a person who later died at the scene.
- Officers soon located four more stabbing victims across three nearby spots including 38th Avenue and San Leandro Street, Fruitvale BART station, and 39th Avenue and International Boulevard.
- Community members helped direct officers to the 1500 block of 39th Avenue where a brief foot pursuit ended with a suspect taken into custody and a knife recovered.
- Authorities have not released the suspect’s name or a motive and have given updated victim conditions that list one survivor as critical and three as stable.
- The OPD Homicide Section is leading the ongoing investigation with BART police and officials are asking witnesses to submit video or tips to aid detectives.