Crime · Marysville, CA
Marysville Police Respond to Homicide, Assault at Save Mart Grocery Store
On Sunday afternoon around 2:14 p.m., Marysville police responded to a violent incident at the Save Mart store at 828 J Street, where a male employee was fatally stabbed and a second man sustained serious injuries. Officers found 33-year-old Samuel Hartbower being detained by bystanders at the scene, with a weapon recovered nearby. Hartbower has been charged with murder, battery with serious bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon (not a firearm), an outside arrest warrant, and possession of unlawful paraphernalia, and is held on $1,040,000 bail in Yuba County Jail. Police noted he had an active felony warrant from the Yuba City Police Department and was on Post Release Community Supervision in Yuba County. The homicide victim's name has not been released pending family notification.