Police say James Jacobs hid in a shed before being arrested.
A Chico
man was arrested and booked on two counts of attempted homicide last week after
being identified as the suspect behind two separate stabbings.
According
to a Chico Police Department news release, James Jacobs, a 33-year-old
transient, was arrested March 5 based on information provided by multiple
witnesses and evidence found at the scene.
At
10:10 p.m. the night before, police received a report of a stabbing at an
apartment complex in the 700 block of Nord Avenue.
They
found a man suffering from multiple stab wounds in his upper body. He was taken
to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The
following morning, while searching for evidence, detectives were called to
another stabbing in the same apartment complex.
Witnesses
reported that the suspect was running toward Stewart Avenue.
Police
conducted a search around the building and discovered another male victim with
a stab wound to his stomach.
After
police determined Jacobs was hiding in the shed of a home on Stewart Avenue, he
came out voluntarily and was taken into custody.
Both
victims remain in the hospital in stable condition, according to the Chico
Police Department news release.
-- Mathew Miranda