# A stranger, a knife, an open garage

> Sacramento police released video of a random morning attack that ended with deputies firing in a family's driveway.
- Title: A stranger, a knife, an open garage · California Post
- Summary: Sacramento police released video of a random morning attack that ended with deputies firing in a family's driveway. The attack was random. An open garage…
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- Source: California Post — https://nypost.com/2026/09/15/us-news/knife-wielding-lunatic-storms-into-random-california-familys-garage-and-slashes-mom-and-daughter
- Published: 2026-09-15T18:56:25+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: sacramento, crime, police, video, public safety, news, entertainment
## It started at a Starbucks
Around 6:30 a.m. on July 15, a 23-year-old man walked into a Sacramento Starbucks carrying a kitchen knife and went behind the counter. Staff hid.
## Barricaded in the back
Employees locked themselves in the back room and called 911 while he pounded on the doors trying to force his way in.

> He entered behind our counter and was trying to push into our back door. We had to barricade it.
## Jogging down Diablo Drive
Video caught him running down a residential street with the knife still in hand, heading toward the 5700 block of Diablo Drive.
## He walked into the garage
A 63-year-old woman was getting into her car in her own garage. He intercepted her there and began stabbing her, police said.
## The daughter ran in
Her 26-year-old daughter heard the screams and pulled the man off her mother. He turned the knife on her instead.
## Deputies fired in seconds
Officers arrived mid-struggle and shouted at him to drop the knife. He kept stabbing, and they shot him dead at the scene.
## Nobody knew him
Investigators found no connection between the man and the family. Both women were hospitalized in serious but stable condition.

> This monster just saw an open garage, saw a victim and immediately started attacking.
## Key takeaway

The attack was random. An open garage door was the only thing that picked this family.