{"id":2210,"date":"2026-06-16T18:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T18:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2026-06-16T18:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T18:07:42","slug":"man-with-knife-lunges-at-cathedral-city-police-officer-in-shocking-attack-caught-on-video-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=2210","title":{"rendered":"Man with knife lunges at Cathedral City police officer in shocking attack caught on video."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_13-15-50-954x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_13-15-50-954x1024.jpg 954w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_13-15-50-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_13-15-50-768x824.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-19_13-15-50.jpg 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Cathedral City man attempted to stab a police officer responding to a family disturbance in late July, according to a video of the altercation released by the Cathedral City Police Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video shows Officer Marcus Ayala walking up to the front door of a residence on Pueblo Trail in Cathedral City at around 3:11 p.m. on July 27 before a man police identified as Juan Francisco Sosa Jr., 30, rushes out with a kitchen knife and tries to stab him in the chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the video, Ayala lunges into Sosa, pushing him into the wall as a woman runs outside and tries to stop Sosa from repeatedly stabbing the officer. The knife repeatedly hits Ayala\u2019s Kevlar vest, failing to penetrate the skin on most attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fggfdgfbhdg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1874\" style=\"width:735px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fggfdgfbhdg.webp 502w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fggfdgfbhdg-262x300.webp 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CCPD Commaner Jon Enos said Ayala suffered only minor injuries and returned to duty shortly after the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for the vest that he was wearing, it definitely would have had a different result,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was kind of a routine call, something that we go to normally. This is one of those incidents that is a reminder of how quickly things can change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video shows another officer running up to the fight and helping Ayala pin Sosa to the ground and a woman inside the house leaning over to get the knife out of Sosa\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police arrested Sosa, who was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside, where he is being held without bail. The attack was previously reported by KESQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has been charged with a felony, attempted murder of a peace officer, and has pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sosa is scheduled for a bail review and felony settlement conference on Wednesday, Sept. 3. His lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sam Morgen covers the city of Palm Springs for The Desert Sun. Reach him at smorgen@gannett.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"384\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 352 \/ 384;\" width=\"352\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9204.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Cathedral City man attempted to stab a police officer responding to a family disturbance in late July, according to a video of the altercation released by the Cathedral City &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2213,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210\/revisions\/2213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}