Suspect charged with stabbing security guard at Walmart

Travis Cobb, 39, has been taken into custody

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police have arrested a man they say stabbed a security guard at a Walmart.

39-year-old Travis Cobb is accused of trying to shoplift on July 22 at the Walmart located on Bandera Road.

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Police said that when a security guard tried to stop him, Cobb attacked the man, cutting him with a razor across his arms and body.

Cobb then ran from the scene, police said.

Police said an off-duty Bexar County Deputy applied a tourniquet to the security guard, likely saving his life. 

Cobb has been charged with aggravated robbery.

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