Old Sacramento stabbing injures 5 men, police arrest 18-year-old suspect

An 18-year-old Sacramento resident has been arrested after five men were stabbed early Saturday morning in Old Sacramento, police said.

Ezekiel Griffis was one of three people initially detained as investigators looked into the stabbing near Front and K streets. Sacramento police said Saturday afternoon that Griffis was being booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on charges related to the assault.

The other two people who were detained have since been released, police said.

Officers responded just after 3 a.m. after receiving reports of an assault involving a weapon, Sacramento police spokesperson Allison Smith said.

Three men with at least one stab wound each were found at the scene and taken to a hospital. Two other men connected to the incident later showed up at an area hospital with stab wounds.

All five victims were in stable condition, police said.

Smith said some kind of confrontation happened before the stabbing, but investigators were still working to determine what led up to it.

Police have not said whether Griffis knew any of the victims or what role investigators believe he played in the incident.

The investigation remains ongoing.