A 78-year-old man was brutally stabbed to loss of life inside his San Antonio dwelling on Tuesday morning, and a member of the family has been taken into custody after fleeing the scene.
San Antonio Police Chief William McManus described the killing as a ‘high-profile homicide’ throughout a day press briefing.
Officers have been known as shortly earlier than 11am to the house that lies inside a gated neighborhood within the North Aspect space of town.
A housekeeper contained in the residence known as 911 after discovering the sufferer affected by a number of stab wounds, telling dispatchers there was ‘blood throughout’ and that she couldn’t cease the bleeding.
Chief McManus stated the suspect, believed to be in his 40s, attacked the sufferer following an obvious argument or household dispute.
After stabbing the person a number of instances, the suspect fled the home, leaving the sufferer to ‘bleed out whereas mendacity within the storage,’ McManus stated.
San Antonio’s North Aspect is mostly thought of one of many extra prosperous and fascinating areas of town making the homicide all of the extra surprising.
San Antonio Police Chief William McManus described the killing as a ‘high-profile homicide’ throughout a day press briefing
Regulation enforcement tracked down and detained the suspect late on Tuesday morning in Kimble County, roughly 120 miles northwest of San Antonio.
Authorities didn’t instantly make clear why the suspect, who shouldn’t be from Texas, was within the metropolis or what motivated the lethal assault.
‘There isn’t any ongoing risk to the general public,’ McManus assured the general public.
The sufferer’s title will likely be launched pending formal identification by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Workplace.
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