A man who was a suspect in a double stabbing and home arson on Monday evening, and was shot by a Fairfield police officer later Monday night, has died from his injuries, according to Vacaville police.
Police said the suspect, Nathaniel Holland, 38, of Vacaville, was found hiding in a heavily wooded creek area in the 1000 block of Mason Street around 10:45 p.m. by a Fairfield police K-9 unit. The suspect then attacked the dog with a knife and was shot, Vacaville police said.
Vacaville police said the K-9 was taken to a veterinary hospital and is expected to survive. Police didn't say if Holland died at the scene or at a local hospital.
The first call came in at 6:40 p.m. Monday. Officers responded to a home in the 1200 block of Alderwood Way for a report of a stabbing as well as a house fire. Police said officers found out that Holland was seen running from the scene, and later investigation determined an argument with a 43-year-old woman led to the stabbing and fire.
According to police, Holland then allegedly stabbed the woman and a 16-year-old girl who tried to intervene. Police said Holland then doused the inside of the home with gasoline with two teenage boys - ages 12 and 15 - and a four-year-old girl inside, started a fire and fled.
Police said the woman and a few of the kids were initially trapped inside as flames blocked the front of the home, but then climbed out a back window to escape. One of the teenage boys and a neighbor then saved the 4-year-old girl. The girl who was transported to a Sacramento hospital for treatment of burn injuries.
Vacaville and Fairfield police, along with the Solano County District Attorney's Office, will investigate the officer-involved shooting and the officer who shot Holland has been placed on administrative leave, police said.
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Anyone with information about the incident is being asked to contact Vacaville police Det. Yetter at (707) 469-4846.
