An Albuquerque man named Waylon Murphy reportedly stabbed a man in a Gallup Walmart parking lot on June 30.
Around 11:30 am, Gallup Police were called out to the Walmart at 1650 W. Maloney Ave. after a 40-year-old Las Cruces man was stabbed in the chest.
When officers arrived at the scene they found the victim lying on the ground holding a shirt to his chest. He said that he knew the man who stabbed him as 33-year-old Murphy.
The victim said he was walking to the store’s restrooms when Murphy ran up behind him and stabbed him in the chest.
Officers gave a description of Murphy to other officers and law enforcement agencies, but no one was able to find him at the time of the incident.
An active arrest warrant was put out for Murphy on counts of aggravated battery and tampering with evidence. He turned himself in on June 2, and was arrested on the warrant. His preliminary examination is scheduled for July 26.
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