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Two Arrested After Weekend Stabbing in Citrus Heights

Police tracked suspects with real-time technology after witnesses called 911 to report a weekend stabbing

Overview

  • Officers responded Sunday to multiple 911 calls reporting an argument outside a business on the 7900 block of Auburn Boulevard and found two men with stab wounds.
  • Responding officers rendered first aid before Sacramento Metro Fire transported the victims to hospitals where they are expected to recover.
  • Citrus Heights Police Department’s real-time information center used witness descriptions to track and stop the suspects in the neighboring city of Antelope.
  • Alejandro Roque Jr., 19, faces charges of felony battery causing serious bodily injury and carrying a concealed firearm, and 18-year-old Moses Leyva is charged with assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed firearm.
  • Both suspects were booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail, and police are urging anyone with information to contact the department’s crime tip line.