Stabbing of Spencer Stone

Stabbing of Spencer Stone
DateOctober 8, 2015 (2015-10-08)
Timec. 12:45 AM PST
Location21st & K Street, Downtown Sacramento, California, U.S.
TypeStabbing
Non-fatal injuries2
Arrests1
ConvictedJames Tran
ChargesAttempted murder
TrialMarch 15, 2017
VerdictGuilty
Sentence9 years in prison

Spencer Stone, a United States Air Force staff sergeant, was stabbed on October 8, 2015, in downtown Sacramento, California. Stone was stabbed by a 28-year-old California man, James Tran. The event received considerable attention in the U.S., in part because Stone had helped stop a gunman on a Paris-bound train traveling from Amsterdam via Brussels two months earlier in August 2015.