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Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Yahoo
Davis police arrest one in connection with Picnic Day shooting
( — One person has been arrested in connection with the Picnic Day shooting in Davis in April that injured three people, the Davis Police Department said. According to police, detectives identified 19-year-old Joseph Davis as a suspect. On Thursday, detectives and deputies with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office arrested Davis at his home in Sacramento. Police said Davis is facing several firearms-related charges, including possession of an illegal assault rifle, and assault with a deadly weapon. The Davis Police Department previously said it believes that there was more than one shooter involved in the incident. The shooting occurred around 3 p.m. on April 12 at Community Park during UC Davis's Picnic Day event. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Yahoo
Day two: Former UC Davis student murder trial continues
( — The 10-week trial for former UC Davis student Carlos Reales Dominguez, who allegedly stabbed and killed two men and gravely injured one woman, resumed for the second day. Dominguez is being charged with murder, attempted murder, and unlawful use of a deadly weapon. On Tuesday, the prosecution presented the jury with graphic photographs of the deep, bloody, and fatal stab wounds that killed the first victim, David Breaux. Dominguez appeared to turn his head towards these photographs. Several of the 18 jury members exhibited arched brows, one woman leaning her head on her fist as she took in the brutality of these stab wounds. 'His neck was stiff, so rigor [mortis] had already started to set in, his arms were stiff, there were no respirations,' Patricia Mendes, a paramedic who responded to this crime scene, told the court. 'There were several puncture wounds on Mr. Breaux in the lower mid back, and then upon further examination, upper right side, shoulder and upper back,' Alex Torrez, a detective with the Davis Police Department also told the court. Cpl. Pheng Ly with the Davis Police Department shared his verbal testimony and body camera footage depicting his response to the murder of 20-year-old UC Davis student Karim Abou Najm, who was stabbed 52 times. 'You know, it's unusual circumstances and then given the fact that we had had a homicide a few days prior, that also played into my mindset as well,' Cpl. Ly told the court. The video begins in the corporal's car, sirens blaring and car wheels rapidly traversing the roads. He exits the vehicle and sees a man covered in stab wounds on the ground, and another man, who identifies himself as a doctor, giving the victim CPR. The Corporal pulls out a walkie-talkie and requests all units 'come out'. You can hear the doctor huffing and puffing as he continuously carried out chest compressions until other first responders arrived. The doctor tells the Corporal he lives nearby, heard screaming, and came outside to help. He also says he saw a 20-year-old light-skinned male with black curly hair ride off on a bike, and gestures the direction the suspect rode towards with his blood-covered hands. Another woman says she and her daughter heard a loud thumping sound and came out to help. A forensic analyst with the Yolo County District Attorney's Office testified that the defendant's phone had 500 images of knives similar to the one he allegedly ordered on Amazon and used in the stabbing. The analyst shared the GPS and Wi-Fi data he used to track Dominguez's iPhone on the night of the murders, as well as the estimated accuracy of those points. The defense claims the El Salvador-born former honor student and athlete began to have symptoms of schizophrenia after his first year at UC Davis. Dominguez allegedly believed he was being directed by supernatural beings. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Yahoo
Jurors hear of frantic effort to save Davis stabbing victim at trial's second day
Jurors listened Tuesday to the frantic moments a physician and a Davis police officer tried to save Karim Abou Najm as he lay dying on a Sycamore Park bicycle trail. The wrenching recording culled from the officer's body camera concluded the second morning of Carlos Reales Dominguez's murder trial in Yolo Superior Court in Woodland, now in its guilt phase. A second phase of the trial will follow to determine whether Dominguez was sane at the time of his alleged attacks. The former UC Davis student faces murder and attempted murder charges in the weeklong stabbing rampage that left two dead and grievously wounded another in late April and early May 2023. Dominguez has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2023 spree. He sat motionless at the defense table next to Yolo County deputy public defender Daniel Hutchinson as the violent night Najm was killed replayed in the courtroom. Najm, 20, was the spree's second victim on April 29, 2023, stabbed repeatedly in the savage attack and fighting for his life as Davis police Cpl. Pheng Ly raced to the scene. Ly took the stand Tuesday before Yolo Superior Court Judge Samuel McAdam, describing the late-night call broadcast over his cruiser's radio. Davis Police Department detective Alex Torres describes the dirt on a pair of sweat pants that was worn by David Breaux, who was allegedly stabbed to death by former UC Davis student Carlos Reales Dominguez, during the first day of trial at Yolo Superior Court in Woodland on Monday. 'It was a report of a man down with blood all over him at Sycamore and Colby in West Davis,' Ly testified. 'I went emergency lights and sirens. A person down with blood all over him — there had been a homicide a few days earlier and that played in my mind as well.' Davis was a city on edge and in shock after the knife killing two days earlier of 50-year-old David Breaux, the beloved 'compassion guy' who found dead on a bench in the city's Central Park. Ly rushed to a physician desperately performing CPR and pleading with Najm to stay alive. 'Come on, buddy,' the man could be heard as he continued performing chest compressions on Najm. The doctor lived in a home on the park's border and told Ly he saw the attack on Najm as well as the young UC Davis student's assailant flee down the trail. He heard a man call for help and was able to give Ly a description of Najm's attacker. He was 19 or 20, white or Hispanic, the physician said, as an urgent Ly took over CPR and called dispatchers. 'I need all units here,' Ly said on the recording. 'He's not looking good. Multiple stab wounds.' Davis Police Department detective Alex Torres moves a sweater that was worn by David Breaux who was allegedly stabbed to death by former UC Davis student Carlos Reales Dominguez, during the first day of trial at Yolo Superior Court in Woodland on Monday. Dominguez jurors heard testimony from several witnesses Tuesday including Davis police officers and crime scene technicians who were first on scene at Central Park where Breaux's body was found. The 14 jurors — eight women and six men — and three alternates also heard from unhoused residents near the tent where Kimberlee Guillory, the third stabbing victim, was attacked and seriously injured. Officers used crime scene photographs to detail for jurors the wounds Breaux suffered in the deadly attack — puncture wounds to his back, arms and hands as he presumably tried to fend off his assailant. Trial proceedings are being live-streamed online but, on Yolo judge McAdam's order, graphic images of the crimes were shown only inside the courtroom. Patricia Mendes, an American Medical Response paramedic with 41 years on the job, was among the first to find the deceased Breaux on the park bench late on the morning after he was killed April 27, 2023. Under the bench was a 'very large puddle of blood.' 'There was no pulse,' she testified. Davis Police Department detective Alex Torres describes the evidence of stabbings on a sweater, allegedly fatally stabbed by former UC Davis student Carlos Reales Dominguez, during the first day of trial at Yolo Superior Court in Woodland on Monday. Mendes testified that as she tended to Breaux, she spotted something in the grass beside the bench. 'I saw an empty knife sheath made of leather that appeared to be brand new,' she testified. Prosecutors allege the leather sheath was part of the tactical knife they say Dominguez purchased online in December 2022, five months before the attacks that killed Breaux and Najm and wounded Guillory. Testimony resumes Wednesday and was expected to continue for another week and a half.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Yahoo
Evidence appears of multiple shooters involved in Davis shooting on Saturday
( — After the Davis Police Department examined the evidence of the shooting, they said it indicated that there was more than one shooter involved in the incident. DPD stated that they are investigating after three people were shot at the Community Park in Davis on Saturday afternoon. According to DPD, the incident happened on the 200 block of East 14th Street around 2:58 p.m. on Saturday. The area was filled with a large gathering at the park as UC Davis' annual Picnic Day Event was taking place. On April 17, DPD said that detectives have reviewed several witness statements and tips to describe one of the shooters as a black man, who is between the ages of 20-25 years old, under 6 feet tall with an average build. Three people shot in Davis with suspect at large Authorities said he was last seen wearing a black hooded sweater, black pants, and a face mask. Additional information gathered also showed that this incident involved subjects who live outside the Davis community. DPD stated the investigation team assigned to the case will continue to use its resources, which include getting assistance from its partner agencies, to follow up on leads and continue to seek the community's help. 'If you have information about this crime or the subjects involved, or if you have video or photos of the incident, please either email tipline@ or reach out to Crime Stoppers at the link here,' said DPD. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
17-04-2025
- CBS News
Davis police said multiple gunmen suspected in Picnic Day shooting
DAVIS — Davis police confirmed Thursday that evidence examined from the Picnic Day triple shooting indicates there was more than one shooter. After speaking with several witnesses and following up on tips, investigators said it appears that the gunmen were from outside the Davis area. Despite police suspecting multiple gunmen, it was not clear exactly how many people were believed to be involved. At least one of the suspects was described by police as a Black man between the ages of 20 and 25, under six feet tall with an average build. He was wearing a black hooded sweater and black pants with a mask on his face. No details were available regarding other suspects. Saturday afternoon, gunfire rang out at Picnic Day festivities at Community Park in Davis. Two teenagers and a 24-year-old woman were shot but are expected to recover. Anyone who may have information that could help law enforcement officials locate the suspects is asked to contact the Davis Police Department.
