SAPD: Woman stabs man during argument on South Side Cynthia Espinoza, 38, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon
Lennon Ave stabbing image. (KSAT)
SAN ANTONIO – An argument ended with a man being stabbed and a woman arrested by police late Monday on the South Side.
According to police, officers responded to a call around 11 p.m. for a cutting in the 1900 block of Lennon Avenue.
Officers found a 31-year-old man with a stab wound to an arm and leg, police said. He was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center in stable condition.
Cynthia Espinoza, 38, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with a stabbing January 13, 2020, in the 1900 block of Lennon Avenue. (KSAT) The woman, Cynthia Espinoza, 38, was arrested at the scene and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Police at the scene said the victim tried to stop Espinosa, who was apparently intoxicated, from leaving with her kids when she stabbed him.
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