5 people stabbed in Old Sacramento; teenage suspect arrested

Sacramento Police Department said five men were stabbed early Saturday morning near Front Street and K street.

Kate OuradaSACRAMENTO, Calif. —

An 18-year-old man is in custody after five men were stabbed in Old Sacramento early Saturday morning, police said.

The Sacramento Police Department said officers responded to Front Street and K Street for reports of an assault with a weapon just after 3 a.m.

At the scene, officers found three men with at least one stab wound each. They were transported to a local hospital. Later, two more men were located at a hospital with stab wounds police said are related to this incident.

All five victims were stable as of Saturday afternoon, according to police.

Police said Ezekiel Griffis, a Sacramento man and person of interest in the investigation, was arrested and booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on assault charges.

The department said Griffis was among three people of interest who were detained after the stabbing. The other two detainees have been released.

The stabbing investigation is still ongoing.

This is a developing story.