Four more teens, all suspected gang members, have been arrested in Santa Rosa in connection with a stabbing earlier in the month, bringing the total to 10, police said Thursday.
Six high school students in Santa Rosa were arrested Jan. 17 on suspicion of attempted homicide after allegedly stabbing a man in a park.
Brutal stabbing
The crime occurred around 3:45 p.m. on Jan. 11, when a 41-year-old man was riding his bicycle in the area of Bellevue Ranch Park on Arrowhead Drive, where he saw approximately 15 juveniles in the park. According to police, the man and the youths engaged in “confrontational language” and then a “large” group of juveniles began to chase the man as he tried to ride off on his bicycle.
The juveniles reached the man in the 2100 block of Bellevue Ranch Road, and six of them allegedly began assaulting him and stole his bike. Police said the man was stabbed between eight and 10 times, with one wound to his neck, running parallel to his spinal column.