Stabbing suspect wrote about assault, asked for help in cleaning weapon, San Antonio police say

SAN ANTONIO – A person accused of stabbing one other man at a South Side comfort retailer earlier this week spoke about the assault and asked for help in eliminating the weapon, in line with San Antonio police.

Jail information present Dakota Markle, 26, was arrested on Thursday and charged with aggravated assault with a lethal weapon in reference to Tuesday’s stabbing exterior the Pik Nik Foods in the 1000 block of Division Avenue, not removed from Interstate 35.

Officers first arrived on the scene to seek out the male stabbing sufferer, 42, with wounds to his chest. A damaged wood baseball bat was additionally discovered splintered on the bottom.

He was taken by EMS to an space hospital in secure situation, and his attacker fled the scene earlier than officers arrived.

The stabbing sufferer instructed police that he believed Markle was accountable as a consequence of a earlier assault, in line with an arrest warrant affidavit. Markle additionally accused the person of committing against the law.

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Officers investigated Markle’s house tackle and situated a witness, who instructed police that Markle wished to trigger hurt to the 42-year-old.

Through messages, Markle instructed the witness that he was “going to kill” the sufferer and “catch” him on the Pik Nik, the affidavit states. He additionally despatched a video of himself sporting a cranium masks and dancing with a knife in his hand, investigators stated.

Markle later claimed to have stabbed the person and despatched an image of himself sporting all black, which matched the outline given by the sufferer, in line with the affidavit.

The witness instructed officers that Markle gave him the weapon used in the assault and asked him to “clean and get rid” of it.

The weapon was finally given to the police.

Records present Markle’s bond was set at $75,000.

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