GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (KABC) -- The day after a two-hour stabbing rampage in Orange County that left four people dead, authorities on Thursday identified the suspect in custody as a 33-year-old Garden Grove man who was apparently motivated by what a police official described as "robbery, hate, homicide."Zachary Castaneda was being held in lieu of $1,000,000 bail, according to online sheriff's records. He was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon after he came out of a 7-Eleven in Santa Ana, and dropped a knife and a handgun that he had taken from a security guard, police said.The arrest brought to an end a killing spree that spanned seven separate crime scenes in Garden Grove and Santa Ana.Authorities are expected to release the names of the four deceased victims at an afternoon news conference. </s> GARDEN GROVE, Calif. -- A suspect is in custody after a violent rampage involving a series of deadly stabbings and robberies through Orange County, California Wednesday, police say.The violence left four people dead and two badly wounded. There were at least three armed robberies committed, as well.The stabbings appeared to have no obvious motive other than, in some instances armed robbery. The suspect was described as "pure evil" and "full of anger."The Garden Grove Police Department said it started when the suspect, a 33-year-old Garden Grove resident, robbed a bakery on Chapman Avenue in Garden Grove and took cash at knifepoint.He also apparently broke into an apartment of one of his neighbors in the complex where he lives. Those residents reported a break-in just after 4 p.m. Before police could respond to take a routine burglary report, a new report came in about an hour later of a homicide at the address, police said.That apartment complex is located in the 12000-block of Jentges Avenue. One person at the apartment was pronounced dead at the scene with stab wounds. A second person was transported with multiple stab wounds was taken to a hospital and later succumbed to his injuries, police said.Two more robberies occurred at local businesses in the area. One woman was stabbed at an insurance businesses in Garden Grove. She fought back against the attacker and is expected to survive.Police then responded to reports from a Chevron gas station on Harbor Boulevard. Police said a man was pumping gas when the suspect approached him. He suffered lacerations to his face, and his nose was almost sliced off, but he is expected to survive.The suspect then made his way over to nearby Santa Ana, where another person was fatally stabbed at a Subway parking lot on 1st Street.At a press conference Wednesday night, Garden Grove Lt. Carl Whitney said undercover officers located the suspect's vehicle, a silver Mercedes registered in his name, in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven on Harbor Boulevard and 1st Street, and called for backup.The suspect was arrested after he exited the store carrying a knife and a handgun. Whitney said the suspect stabbed a security guard inside the store and took his gun. That guard was rushed to the hospital but later died."These are all random acts of violence. Our suspect was not associated with any of our victims," said Whitney.Garden Grove and Santa Ana police were at one point investigating at least eight crime scenes in the area.Authorities had not determined a motive for the stabbing spree."We don't know. It's just pure hate that this guy did this," added Whitney.Garden Grove police were also investigating a separate stabbing that left a 62-year-old woman dead in her apartment . The victim's 28-year-old son is a person of interest in the case and it doesn't appear the cases are related. </s> 4 people are dead, 2 wounded after a series of stabbings in Garden Grove and Santa Ana, according to KCAL9.

Police say all four people killed in the stabbing spree were male Hispanics.

A 33-year-old male Hispanic suspect from Garden Grove is in custody, suspected of carrying out a rapid series of robberies and stabbings at several locations over the space of two hours.

Garden Grove police Lt. Carl Whitney says the suspect robbed a bakery, fatally stabbed two men at an apartment, robbed a check-cashing business and an insurance business where he stabbed a woman, slashed a man at a gas station, disarmed and killed a security guard at a 7-Eleven store in Santa Ana and killed an employee at a Subway restaurant before being arrested.

Police said he had no apparent connection to any of the victims. Whitney added that the attacks appeared to be random and the motive appears to be robbery and, in his words, anger and hate.

Police say there is no longer a threat to the public, but they are still investigating multiple crime scenes. </s> Four people were killed and two injured in a stabbing and robbery spree across two Southern California communities near Los Angeles on Wednesday, police said.

The suspect, a 33-year-old man from Orange County, California, was arrested after the two-hour spree in the Garden Grove and Santa Ana communities, about 30 miles southeast of Los Angeles, news media reported.

The suspect's name was not released.

Two men were killed in an apartment in Garden Grove and another at a Subway restaurant. The fourth person killed was a 7-Eleven security guard in Santa Ana, police said on Twitter and in media reports.

Police in Garden Grove and neighboring Santa Ana were working on at least 10 crime scenes late on Wednesday, according to police on Twitter.

Police said the suspect also robbed a bakery, a check-cashing business and an insurance office, where a woman was also stabbed, California media reported.

The suspect was arrested at a 7-Eleven at about 6 p.m., police told news media.

"These are all random acts of violence," Garden Grove Lieutenant Carl Whitney said. "Our suspect was not associated with any of the victims."

Representatives from the Santa Ana and Garden Grove police did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment.

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GARDEN GROVE, C.A. (ABC News) – Four people are dead and two others wounded after a Southern California man went on a violent stabbing spree Wednesday evening.

A 33-year-old man is in custody for the string of attacks, police said.

“This is tragic. We don’t want to see tragedies like this happen,” said Garden Grove Police Lt. Carl Whitney. “We’ve seen tragedies like this happen across the United States, but what the good point we can see out of this is that our officers responded quickly, rapidly and were able to take this guy into custody as fast as we could.”

The deadly spree began at 4:23 p.m. local time when the suspect robbed a bakery in Garden Grove, California, a few miles south of Anaheim. At 5:04 p.m., police said they found two men stabbed at a nearby apartment complex.

One of those victims was pronounced dead at the scene, while another died at the hospital, according to authorities.

At 5:40 p.m., the suspect allegedly robbed a check-cashing business, also in Garden Grove.

And then, 25 minutes later, a woman was stabbed multiple times at a Garden Grove insurance business. She is expected to survive, police said.

Four minutes after robbing the insurance business, the same suspect got into an argument with a man pumping gas at a neighboring Chevron station. The man was stabbed multiple times with knives and a machete and his nose was nearly severed, police said. He is, however, expected to live.

By 6:25 p.m., he allegedly robbed a 7-Eleven in Santa Ana and stabbed an armed security guard. He took the guard’s gun. The guard has also died, police said.

After investigating the robbery and fatal stabbing at the 7-Eleven, police discovered the suspect had also previously robbed a Subway and stabbed an employee to death.

An undercover Garden Grove police officer found the suspect’s car at the 7-Eleven and when suspect exited store armed with a handgun and knife he complied with officer’s order to drop weapons and was taken into custody.

“These are all random acts of violence. Our suspect was not associated with any of our victims,” Whitney said.

The suspect has a criminal history, and lived at the apartment complex where the first two people were found dead, police said. </s> (Reuters) - Four people were killed and two injured in a stabbing and robbery spree across two Southern California communities near Los Angeles on Wednesday, police said.

The suspect, a 33-year-old man from Orange County, California, was arrested after the two-hour spree in the Garden Grove and Santa Ana communities, about 30 miles southeast of Los Angeles, news media reported.

The suspect’s name was not released.

Two men were killed in an apartment in Garden Grove and another at a Subway restaurant. The fourth person killed was a 7-Eleven security guard in Santa Ana, police said on Twitter and in media reports.

Police in Garden Grove and neighboring Santa Ana were working on at least 10 crime scenes late on Wednesday, according to police on Twitter.

Police said the suspect also robbed a bakery, a check-cashing business and an insurance office, where a woman was also stabbed, California media reported.

The suspect was arrested at a 7-Eleven at about 6 p.m., police told news media.

“These are all random acts of violence,” Garden Grove Lieutenant Carl Whitney said. “Our suspect was not associated with any of the victims.”

Representatives from the Santa Ana and Garden Grove police did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment. </s> Courtesy of Garden Grove Police Department

Courtesy of Garden Grove Police Department

4 people are dead, 2 wounded after a series of stabbings in Garden Grove and Santa Ana, according to KCAL9.

Police say all four people killed in the stabbing spree were male Hispanics.

A 33-year-old male Hispanic suspect from Garden Grove is in custody, suspected of carrying out a rapid series of robberies and stabbings at several locations over the space of two hours.

Garden Grove police Lt. Carl Whitney says the suspect robbed a bakery, fatally stabbed two men at an apartment, robbed a check-cashing business and an insurance business where he stabbed a woman, slashed a man at a gas station, disarmed and killed a security guard at a 7-Eleven store in Santa Ana and killed an employee at a Subway restaurant before being arrested.

Police said he had no apparent connection to any of the victims. Whitney added that the attacks appeared to be random and the motive appears to be robbery and, in his words, anger and hate.

GGPD working multiple scenes with several homicides. Multiple robberies and stabbings by suspect. Suspect in custody by #GGPD at Harbor and First in Santa Ana. PIO at Puryear and Chapman in GG. #GGPD32 #homicide pic.twitter.com/62Xq8lm97n — Garden Grove Police (@GardenGrovePD) August 8, 2019

Police say there is no longer a threat to the public, but they are still investigating multiple crime scenes.

Stay with News Channel 3 for continuing coverage. </s> (CNN) A man who allegedly killed four people during a stabbing rampage in Southern California has been identified as a known gang member, police said Thursday.

Zachary Castaneda allegedly went on a stabbing spree Wednesday night, according Garden Grove police.

There were at least eight crime scenes in Garden Grove and Santa Ana, about 35 miles from Los Angeles. Garden Grove Police Chief Tom DaRé described Castanega as a "documented gang member," but did not say what gang he was affiliated with.

Those killed included a security guard at a 7-Eleven, two people at the suspect's apartment complex and another person outside a Subway restaurant, authorities said. Two others were injured.

He faces multiple charges, the Orange County District Attorney's Office said, including four counts of murder, one count of attempted murder with premeditation, one count of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of aggravated mayhem, one count of first-degree residential burglary and three counts of second-degree robbery.

"We don't know if the motive behind this was purely for robbery, but there was no indication that this was a hate crime," Garden Grove Police Lt. Carl Whitney said. "We just know this was a random act of violence and the guy unleashed evil across our two counties."

Castaneda faces a minimum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole if he's convicted on all charges, the district attorney's office said in a news release. He is eligible for the death penalty.

Police arrest a suspect in the multiple stabbings in Southern California.

Castaneda "was currently out on bail on three separate felony Orange County cases, including a July 19, 2019 arrest which resulted in felony charges of carrying a dirk or dagger, misdemeanor drug possession and driving on a suspended license."

Police: Suspect killed two of his neighbors

The mayhem began at 4:09 p.m. local time, when police first received a call of a residential burglary at an apartment, Whitney said.

The call was put in a holding queue until an officer could be dispatched to handle the report, Whitney said. Meanwhile, at 4:23 p.m., a robbery was reported at a bakery. Castaneda allegedly threatened the store clerk with a weapon and fled with cash.

He returned to the apartment complex, which was the location of the initial burglary report, Whitney said. Castaneda lived in an apartment adjacent to the one where the burglary was reported.

Police say they believe the burglary victims confronted Castaneda and an altercation occurred.

Both victims were stabbed. One died at the scene, and the other was taken to the hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries, Whitney said.

Robbery reports

Police received another report of an armed robbery at a local business at 5:39 p.m., with a suspect description matching that of the first scene. The suspect threatened a clerk with a knife and fled the scene, Whitney said.

Just over 20 minutes later another robbery was reported at an insurance business. A female employee there was working when the suspect confronted her, and "without provocation, he stabs her multiple times," Whitney said.

He then moved to a check cashing business in the back of the same building, where a male clerk gave the suspect cash before he left, Whitney said. The woman and the man were hospitalized with serious injuries and are expected to survive, police said.

Another stabbing was reported at 6:09 p.m. at a Chevron gas station. Whitney said the victim was pumping gas when the suspect produced "two large machete knives" and attacked him, nearly severing his nose off and stabbing him in the back.

The suspect then finished pumping gas in his own vehicle and drove away toward Santa Ana, Whitney said.

Arrest at a 7-Eleven

Undercover detectives were able to locate the suspect's vehicle at a 7-Eleven in Santa Ana. Within a minute, Whitney said, the suspect came out of the store with a large knife and a handgun, which he had cut off the belt of the store's security guard after attacking him.

The officers ordered the suspect to drop his weapons and he complied, Whitney said. The security guard later died at a hospital.

Whitney said Castaneda killed one person during a robbery at a Subway restaurant before going across the street to the 7-Eleven.

Law enforcement from both Garden Grove and Santa Ana worked the crime scenes.

After his arrest, the suspect continued to be violent, police said. Castaneda -- who was covered in blood, Whitney said -- told detectives that the blood was actually tomato juice.

"He remained combative the entire time he was here," Whitney said.

There was no evidence Castaneda was under the influence, nor was Whitney aware of any history of mental illness.

"The flags behind me are at half-staff," Whitney said. "That's for the needless violence that's happened across the United States. This violence has to stop. And we're here in a collaborated effort together to try and stop this violence in Garden Grove."

Police are still conducting their investigation, but formal charges could be filed against Castaneda as early as Friday, Whitney said.

Castaneda was released from prison in January 2016. He had been convicted of multiple criminal counts, including drug possession and possession of a firearm, according to Luis Patino, a spokesman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

CNN has reached out to Castaneda's attorney for comment. </s> Four people are dead and multiple injured after police say a 33-year-old man went on a stabbing spree in Orange County, California, on Wednesday.

Police said that the still-unnamed man attacked a pair of men at an apartment on Jentges Avenue, leaving one dead at the scene and another who died later, NBC Los Angeles reported.

Police said the suspect then went into a Subway restaurant where he stabbed another person to death before going into a nearby 7-Eleven store and attacking a security guard, who later died at a hospital. The man was taken into custody by police at that location.

As ABC 7 reported, police in Orange County were investigating a total of eight crime scenes. That included the home of a 62-year-old woman who police had found stabbed to death. Police said that the woman’s son, Jonathan Michael Warner, was considered a person of interest and police wanted to interview Warner to make sure he and other family members were safe. Police are now trying to determine if the woman’s stabbing was connected to the stabbing spree that claimed the lives of others in Orange County.

The stabbing rampage in Orange County appeared to be targeting people at random, police said.

“These are all random acts of violence. Our suspect was not associated with any of our victims,” said Garden Grove Lt. Carl Whitney.

The ABC 7 report noted that witnesses said the stabbing suspect was “full of anger.”

The stabbing spree in Orange County, California, comes just days after a pair of mass shootings claimed the lives of more than 30 people. On Saturday, a gunman opened fire outside of a Walmart shopping plaza in El Paso, Texas, in an attack that left 22 people dead. Hours later, a gunman opened fire in a nightclub district in Dayton, Ohio, killing nine people.

The killings have sparked fears about domestic terrorism from white supremacist groups, as police in El Paso said the mass shooting was being investigated as a potential hate crime. A manifesto appeared online before the shooting claiming it was an act against a “Hispanic invasion,” though police have not confirmed if the manifesto was indeed posted by the accused shooter.

The Police in Orange County have not released the name of the suspect taken into custody in the stabbing spree, and have not released any information about a potential motive for the attacks. Names of the victims have also not yet been released.
A Garden Grove, California, man stabs and kills four people and wounds two others in a two-hour crime spree at a series of Orange County locations. Both injured victims are expected to survive. The motive of the 33-year-old suspect, who was arrested at the last scene, appears to be robbery as well as "anger and hate."