Fresno County employee stabbed in Downtown Fresno as suspect detained

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Key points

• Regarding three minutes after the stabbing, a deputy spotted a man in his 50s near Van Ness Avenue and Fresno Street, in the park's northwest corner.
• A Fresno County employee was stabbed in broad daylight Thursday at a downtown park.
• At Courthouse Park, according to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.
• Sheriff John Zanoni remarked the victim was simply going concerning his daily work when he was attacked.
• The suspect is projected to be taken to a hospital before being booked into the Fresno County Jail, office-holders noted.

Meanwhile, a Fresno County employee was stabbed in broad daylight Thursday at a downtown park.

Notably, the stabbing unfolded around 1: 13 p.m. At Courthouse Park, according to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies assigned to the nearby courthouse raced outside after reports of the attack and rushed to support the male victim. This person was identified as a Fresno County employee. The victim was taken to Community Regional Medical Center.

Though his exact condition was not immediately known, he was awake and talking when he was transported.

Deputies applied a Taser to take the suspect down and detain him. The weapon applied in the attack was recovered, authorities stated.

Investigators are now working to determine what sparked the violence and whether the employee was specifically targeted. Zanoni described the stabbing as "unprovoked."

In practice, the suspect is projected to be taken to a hospital before being booked into the Fresno County Jail, office-holders noted.

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