Police arrested a Santa Rosa man in connection with a stabbing at Santa Rosa Plaza on Sunday that injured one person, the San Francisco Chronicle reported, citing the Santa Rosa Police Department.
Officers found a man shortly after 1 p.m. with stab wounds near the food court area. He sustained serious injuries but is expected to survive, authorities said. Police said the stabbing happened in a fight that broke out at a clothing store that had been hosting a meet-and-greet with an internet personality with "known ties" to a Southern California street gang. According to social media posts, rapper Crip Mac was taking photos with fans and signing autographs in the store when the fight broke out, the Chronicle reported.
The fight escalated when one man, later identified as 26-year-old Marcus Temple, stabbed another in the back with a knife, police said. SRPD said many of the people who participated in the fight left the store before officers arrived. Authorities did not specify how many people were believed to have been involved. Officers searched the mall but did not locate the suspected stabber or the knife used in the fight.
Temple surrendered himself to officers at the Santa Rosa Police Department later that afternoon, police said. He was arrested and booked into the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. Police asked anyone who witnessed or recorded the fight to contact SRPD's Gang Crimes Team at 707-543-4021 or submit an anonymous tip on the city's website.