New Details On Officer-Involved Shooting Incident In Stockton
STOCKTON (CBS13) — Residents here on Plymouth Court in Stockton describe Saturday's scene as chaotic and violent.
"You can see the knife going up and down," said Lin Dreezy who saw it all unfold.
Stockton police say an officer was in the area trying to find a stolen car when he heard a woman screaming for help. When he found her, police say, a man was stabbing her repeatedly. The officer commanded him to stop but said he wouldn't drop the knife. That's when the officer shot and killed the man.
Dreezy says the man left the officer no choice.
"Yeah. He told him to stop and he kept stabbing his wife," she said.
The woman was rushed to the hospital with stab wounds but is expected to be ok.
The suspect has been identified as 40-year-old Isiah Thomas. Witnesses say he broke out a window during the violence. He was well known in the neighborhood.
"He was known on this block as the crazy guy," Dreezy said.
"They stay their distance from him. Everybody does," she said.
Michael Martinez also lives on the block. He says Thomas displayed violent behavior and made people in the neighborhood uncomfortable.
"Not only me, but multiple people have lived here for at least five or six years, and he has just been a complete nuisance," Martinez said.
Police recovered what they believe is the suspect's knife from the scene.
The officer involved, Vincent Faso, has been placed on paid leave pending the outcome of the investigation.