Tobias Gutierrez Suspected in Sunday’s BMX Stabbing Spree

The BMX bike-riding New Mexico man suspected of attacking 11 strangers throughout a Sunday stabbing spree is behind bars. Officers arrested Tobias Gutierrez, 42, on Sunday after investigating seven crime scenes throughout the town, in response to Officer Gilbert Gallegos of the Albuquerque Police Division.

Officer Gallegos famous that the primary stabbing occurred simply earlier than midday on Sunday close to Sister Bar. The defendant was recognized as being a person on a small BMX bike with a big knife, and police had been investigating a number of scenes by mid-afternoon. Deputies had been finally capable of find Gutierrez round 6 p.m. on Sunday and inmate data present that regulation enforcement officers then booked Gutierrez into the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Middle at 7:12 a.m. on Monday.

“There doesn’t appear to be any rhyme or purpose,” Officer Gallegos mentioned throughout a information convention Sunday night. He went on to say that officers first arrived on the scene after calls got here in of a person stabbing people inside a Circle Ok comfort retailer. A lot of the women and men who had been stabbed sought medical consideration; whereas some had been critically injured, all 11 victims had been in secure situation by Sunday evening, in response to Officer Gallegos.

Gutierrez is now dealing with two costs of aggravated battery with a lethal weapon for the stabbings, which additionally occurred at a homeless encampment, exterior a restaurant, and close to an condo advanced within the metropolis.

A person Gutierrez allegedly held up at knifepoint — however didn’t stab or injure — spoke with Albequerque Journal after police had been capable of apprehend the suspected slasher.

“He was speaking loopy, he was offended about one thing,” mentioned Rob. “As quickly as he dropped the bike he pulled his blade out.”

This seems to be removed from Gutierrez’s first run-in with the regulation. Courtroom data point out {that a} man of the identical title and age has been the defendant in some 19 courtroom instances since 1999, dealing with costs that vary from possession of a managed substance and driving with out a license to housebreaking and larceny. In February 2015, he was sentenced to 3 years in jail for being in possession of a firearm and ammunition. People convicted of a felony in New Mexico can not personal, promote, and even carry a firearm.

Gutierrez left federal jail in January 2018 however the next month failed his court-ordered drug take a look at, in response to a courtroom petition. In consequence, he was ordered to spend six months in a rehabilitation program however absconded from the ability earlier than finishing his court-mandated six-month keep.

That infraction resulted in his return to jail after he was apprehended by the U.S. Marshal’s Service. It’s unclear when he was launched from jail, or if he was nonetheless on supervised launch throughout his alleged crime spree on Sunday.

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