A man was killed in a stabbing during an altercation inside a convenience store near Fox Plaza in South-Central El Paso, a police spokeswoman said.
A man, who was believed to be in his 40s, died at a hospital after police officers responded to a stabbing about 9:40 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, at the DK convenience store, 5600 Alameda Ave. across the street from Fox Plaza, Detective Judy Oviedo, an El Paso Police Department spokeswoman, said.
“What we do know right now is that there was some sort of altercation inside the convenience store between two males,” which resulted in one of the men getting stabbed. Oviedo said.
The men were believed to be customers, Oviedo said, adding she was “not aware” if anyone was in custody or if a weapon had been found.
Detectives in suits, uniformed officers, police cars, and red and yellow crime-scene tape could be seen outside the DK gas station at the corner of Alameda Avenue and Buena Vista Street.
Three vehicles remained parked at the store’s gas pumps along with a pickup truck outside the store, which was surrounded by crime-scene tape. The vehicles possibly belong to customers who were at the store when the stabbing took place.
The stabbing is under investigation by the Crime Against Persons Unit, Oviedo said. A portion of Buena Vista Street next to the gas station was blocked as the investigation continued Tuesday afternoon.
The gas station is in a busy traffic location on Alameda, across Buena Vista Street from the Food King supermarket.
The stabbing occurred near a Jack in the Box restaurant in Fox Plaza, where a man was found with a fatal head wound on Oct. 15. The man, identified as Pedro Garcia, 53, died at a hospital on Thursday, Nov. 6, in what is now an ongoing homicide investigation.
Anyone with any information regarding either homicide may call the police nonemergency number at 915-832-4400 or may anonymously call Crime Stoppers of El Paso at 915-566-8477 (TIPS).
Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com and @BorundaDaniel on X.
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Reporting by Daniel Borunda, El Paso Times / El Paso Times
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