SAN ANTONIO – A suspect is recovering after he was stabbed multiple times during a heated argument over cocaine on Christmas Day.
Officers were dispatched on what was initially described as a shooting call just before 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the 1400 block of Lamar Street, east of North New Braunfels Avenue.
When SAPD arrived at the scene, officers said they didn’t see any signs of a shooting.
Police said two men got into a verbal argument after one of them, 61-year-old Evaristo Torres, “pulled out cocaine,” according to an SAPD preliminary report.
The other man, who is 69, told Torres that bringing cocaine out “was not acceptable,” police said.
The argument then turned physical in the backyard of the home, which resulted in the 69-year-old man stabbing Torres multiple times in self-defense, authorities said.
Officers were able to catch up with and detain Torres, who attempted to leave the scene of the stabbing. He was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and is stable.
Torres is charged with injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual - bodily injury.
SAPD said its investigation remains active and ongoing.
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