String of violence

In the past week, Chico experienced a torrent of violence, including shootings, stabbings and robberies that sent three people to the hospital, according to the Chico Police Department.

The violent weekend began on Friday (Feb. 16), when a large fight broke out near West Sixth and Ivy streets around 8:30 p.m., sending a victim with a stab wound to Enloe Medical Center. Police believe the victim was involved in the fight.

Early Saturday morning (Feb. 17), police received reports of a man who’d been shot in the back of the head. He was found lying in the middle of the road at West Second and Orange streets at 1:23 a.m. Before being transported to Enloe, the man told police he’d been robbed by two men he did not know. While investigating, officers learned of two other victims who said they’d been robbed 20 minutes earlier. The suspects were described as two white men in their early 20s armed with handguns.

On Sunday (Feb 18) at 6:19 a.m., police located multiple bullet holes that had struck a home in the 100 block of Terrace Drive, off of East First Avenue. Police first heard of shots fired in the area around 3:30 a.m. Nobody was injured.

Most recently, a 62-old-man was stabbed several times and sent to Enloe with serious injuries on Monday (Feb. 19) around 10:30 p.m. Police located the victim, who was bleeding and having trouble communicating, in the area of Manzanita and Ellene avenues. According to witnesses, two white men in their 20s wearing white T-shirts assaulted the victim before running south toward Lindo Channel.

As of Tuesday, Cmdr. Ted McKinnon reported all victims were in stable condition. Suspects have yet to be arrested, and investigations are ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Chico PD at 897-4911.