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The Sacramento Brief Wednesday September 23, 2026 | Knife-Wielding Suspect Barricades on Howe Avenue · The Sacramento Brief

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  I'm Carol. It's Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026.
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  Let's get you caught up. Yesterday, Sacramento
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  police responded to the 20 block of Howe Avenue
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  after receiving reports of a woman allegedly
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  swinging a knife at another person. Police say
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  the suspect barricaded herself inside a residence,
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  prompting the deployment of crisis negotiators
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  and SWAT officers. The department later announced
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  that the suspect had been safely detained and
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  credited responding personnel with bringing the
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  incident to a peaceful resolution. Elsewhere
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  in the city, a two vehicle collision led to a
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  pursuit and an arrest on Monday night. Sacramento
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  police officers witnessed the collision near
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  Rio Linda and Del Paso Boulevards at around 10
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  p .m. One of the drivers allegedly left the scene
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  and officers pursued the vehicle until the driver
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  stopped, parked and attempted to escape on foot.
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  Officers continue to pursue on foot and detain
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  the suspect. Police say the driver. was found
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  to have been intoxicated and was booked on related
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  charges. And earlier Monday, officers were called
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  to the 1400 block of A Street after receiving
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  reports of someone hitting people with a golf
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  club. Police arrived and detained the suspect,
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  who was later booked on related charges. The
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  department's daily activity log did not include
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  information about possible injuries. Turning
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  now to today's forecast, Sacramento will see
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  sunshine today with a high near 91 degrees and
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  light variable winds. Tonight will be mostly
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  clear with a low around 61 and calm conditions.
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  link is in today's show notes. And now back to
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  the brief. In City Watch. Sacramento County Probation
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  is hosting its first Community Resource Fair
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  today at the Oak Park Community Center. More
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  than 60 organizations and service providers are
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  expected to participate, connecting residents,
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  including people on probation and their families,
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  with assistance available throughout Sacramento
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  County. Resources will include employment and
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  job training, education, housing support, health
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  and wellness services, legal assistance, financial
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  resources, and community -based reentry programs.
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  The event is being organized by the probation
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  department's newly established Reentry Community
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  Partnership Unit. The unit works to connect individuals
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  with organizations that can help address barriers
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  and support successful return to the community.
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  Today's free resource fair runs from 10 a .m.
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  until noon at the Oak Park Community Center,
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  located at 3425 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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  County officials say it's the first in a planned
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  series of resource fairs across Sacramento County.
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  That's all for today's Sacramento Brief. You'll
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  find the links to today's events in the show
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  notes. I'm Carol. Thank you for trusting me with
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  your morning. Be safe, stay sharp, and I'll see
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  you tomorrow.