Overview
- Authorities charged the 37-year-old with attempted murder plus allegations of using a deadly weapon and causing great bodily injury.
- He remains in jail with no bail set and a court-ordered mental health evaluation pending, following his first court appearances this week.
- Court filings state no words were spoken, the knife narrowly missed the victim’s aorta, and the man was placed in a medically induced coma.
- Surveillance video captured the stabbing near Stockton and Sacramento streets on March 5; police arrested Huang minutes later near Powell Street and recovered the knife.
- Prosecutors describe the case as apparently random with no proven link to the victim, while noting Huang’s 2020 felony arson conviction disclosed in court.