On Saturday, Sept. 21, the University of New Mexico Police Department found a victim who had been stabbed at Lobo Village following an altercation at a party. A LoboAlert was issued to the community an hour later.
The suspect and his girlfriend fled to Santa Fe, where the Santa Fe Police Department detained both of them, according to the police report for the incident. The suspect was later taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center, and his girlfriend was released.
At about 11:20 p.m., UNMPD was dispatched to building 17 at Lobo Village in reference to a fight. As the officer was driving, he received a call that somebody had also possibly been stabbed at the scene. The officer arrived and was approached by several people, including the victim — a junior at UNM.
The victim had multiple stab wounds on his back. He told the officer he didn’t know the person who stabbed him.
Witnesses provided different recounts, but most told UNMPD that an altercation involving the suspect’s girlfriend and the victim had occurred. The suspect got involved, witnesses said. Witnesses saw the victim’s friends hit the suspect, who drew a knife and started stabbing the victim, according to the police report.
One witness went outside and saw the suspect with a bloody face after the fight. The witness asked the suspect to give him the knife, to which the suspect refused, according to the police report. The witness started to ask the suspect if he had stabbed the victim, and the suspect ran away.
The witness told UNMPD that he knew the suspect lived in Santa Fe and saw him and his girlfriend leave in a black Toyota.
When the victim was taken to UNM Hospital, police followed to interview him. The victim told the officers that after the altercation between him and the suspect began, he threw the suspect on the ground and the suspect started stabbing him.
After the responding officer went to Lobo Village and UNMH, a “be on the lookout” alert was put out to police for the car the suspect had fled in. It was sent to New Mexico State Police and the Santa Fe Police Department, according to the police report.
SFPD contacted UNMPD “a short time later” and told the department that the suspect and his girlfriend were detained at the suspect’s home in Santa Fe, according to the report. A second LoboAlert was issued at 1 a.m., stating the offender was in custody and there was no longer a threat.
The suspect was taken to a medical center in Santa Fe for his injuries. UNMPD drove there to request that the suspect provide a statement, to which he declined.
The suspect was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center.
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Lauren Lifke is the managing editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at managingeditor@dailylobo.com or on X @lauren_lifke
Lauren Lifke is the managing editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at managingeditor@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @lauren_lifke
