A Fresno County employee was hospitalized after being stabbed at Courthouse Park on Thursday afternoon, and deputies used a Taser while taking a suspect into custody minutes later. (GV Wire File)
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A suspect was taken into custody Thursday afternoon after a Fresno County employee was stabbed at Courthouse Park in downtown Fresno, according to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office.
The stabbing was reported at 1:13 p.m. Deputies assigned to the courts responded to the park to help the victim and search for the suspect.
At 1:16 p.m., deputies took the suspect into custody near Fresno Street and Van Ness Avenue. Deputies deployed a Taser while taking the suspect into custody.
The victim, identified only as a male Fresno County employee, was taken to a hospital. He was conscious, breathing and talking when he was transported by ambulance.
The investigation is ongoing. Authorities are working to determine a possible motive for the stabbing.
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