Teenager Fatally Wounded Following Supposed Stabbing By SacRT Staff Member In Rancho Cordova, CA

RANCHO CORDOVA, CA – June 20, 2025 – A 16-year-old male has perished subsequent to an alleged stabbing perpetrated by a Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) staff member amidst a confrontation at a bus stop in Rancho Cordova on Thursday. As per the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement officers were dispatched to the SacRT station proximity near the Mills Station Road and Folsom Boulevard around 5 p.m. due to a reported stabbing incident. The inquiry uncovered that the adolescent and his girlfriend were aboard a bus and were instructed to cease vaping by a SacRT employee. The pair then disembarked the bus at the station. Upon exiting the bus, a physical altercation erupted between the SacRT employee and the youth. During the melee, the employee purportedly stabbed the teenager. The boy was conveyed to a local hospital where he later succumbed to his wounds.