Fresno Police Identify Victim, Name Suspect London Smith in Fatal Stabbing

Fresno police said they identified the man who was killed and named London Smith as a suspect after a stabbing during an incident on Feb. 24, 2026. The department announced the victim's identification and Smith's name in its Feb. 24 news coverage, confirming the case involved one fatality.

According to Fresno Police, the incident on Feb. 24 resulted in a man being stabbed and later dying from his injuries. The department's public notice that day provided the victim's identity and publicly identified London Smith as the suspect connected to the stabbing.

The Feb. 24 news coverage by Fresno Police did not include additional information about whether London Smith had been arrested or any charges that had been filed at the time of the announcement. The department also did not release further details about the location of the incident or a possible motive in the news coverage published Feb. 24, 2026.

Fresno Police framed the Feb. 24 release as an update on the investigation, noting the identification of both the deceased and the suspect. The department made the naming of London Smith and the victim the central factual elements of the notice distributed on Feb. 24, 2026.

As of Feb. 26, 2026, the investigation remains tied to the Feb. 24 incident in Fresno County, with the department having publicly named the victim and London Smith as the suspect in its official news coverage two days earlier. Police have positioned the Feb. 24 announcement as the most recent formal update on the fatal stabbing.