On Jan. 25, 2026, at 2:25 a.m., the Humboldt County Emergency Communications Center received a report from Providence St. Joseph Hospital regarding a male subject who arrived at the hospital emergency department with a stab wound to the back.
Deputies responded to the hospital and contact the 57-year-old victim. The victim reported that on Jan. 24, 2026, at approximately 9:00 a.m., he was at Veteran’s Park and was packing up his belongings into a bag when he observed a male subject who he did not know walked past him. Without a word being said, the subject stabbed the victim in the back with an unknown object. After the stabbing the subject ran away northbound on Highway 96.
The victim described the suspect as a male in his early 20’s with light tan skin, light-colored eyes, and short brown hair. He was described being between 5-foot-11-inches and 6-foot-1 inches tall and weighing approximately 180 pounds, wearing a light blue zippered sweatshirt with the logo “True Religion” on the front, blue Levi 501 jeans and tan cowboy boots.
The victim sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was admitted to the hospital for further treatment.
This incident is under investigation.
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