Woman tells cops boyfriend’s fatal stabbing was self-defense, CA police say

A 25-year-old woman told officers she stabbed her boyfriend to death in self-defense, California police reported.

Neighbors reported hearing a loud argument and the sound of things being thrown just before 9 a.m. Saturday, July 26, Hayward police said in a news release.

Officers responding to the reports at an apartment complex found the woman in a stairwell, police said.

She told officers she had been assaulted by her 30-year-old boyfriend and said she stabbed him in self-defense, police said.

Officers found him inside the apartment and tried to revive him, but he was later pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

No arrests have been made in the death, which remains under investigation, police said. They ask anyone with information to call 510-293-7176.

is about a 30-mile drive southeast from San Francisco.

This story was originally published July 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM with the headline "Woman tells cops boyfriend’s fatal stabbing was self-defense, CA police say."