Suspect named in random stabbing at Atwater bus stop, 4 victims airlifted

ATWATER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Four victims were airlifted successful superior information aft a antheral stabbed them successful a random enactment of unit Wednesday morning, according to the Atwater Police Department.

Police accidental astir 11 a.m. they received aggregate reports of a pistillate unfortunate being stabbed astatine the intersection of Atwater Boulevard and First Street. As officers responded, a witnesser told them 2 further victims had been stabbed - and that the fishy fled toward Teasdale wherever helium stabbed a 4th idiosyncratic earlier stealing a vehicle.

Police accidental they pursued the stolen vehicle. The pursuit ended aft the fishy crashed into a rod and was taken into custody.

The fishy was identified arsenic 38-year-old Isidro Chavez Gonzales of Atwater, according to Atwater Police. A motive for the incidental was not instantly released.

Investigators accidental 3 of the victims were astatine the autobus halt erstwhile Gonzales randomly began attacking the victims with a tiny sickle. One victim, described arsenic "an aged male," remained astatine the autobus halt portion the different 2 fled successful antithetic directions.

Officers accidental the 4 victims, 3 males and 1 female, were airlifted to a section infirmary with superior injuries. Their conditions are unknown.

Police accidental Gonzales was arrested connected suspicion of aggregate felony charges related to the battle and conveyance theft.

Anyone with immoderate accusation regarding this incidental is asked to interaction Atwater Detective Sergeant Sarginson astatine 209-617-2997.