A Gallup man remains in jail at the McKinley County Adult Detention Center on aggravated battery with a deadly weapon charges, according to jail records.

A bond amount of $5,000 remained in place for Nathan Nez on June 1. There was not an attorney listed in jail records for Nez.

Nez, 48, apparently stabbed Emmet Cadman, 41, after a confrontation along South Second Street, according to a police report taken by Gallup police officer Luke Martin. The police report does not say what prompted the stabbing.

In detailing the situation, Martin wrote that at about 8:51 pm on May 29 a call came in regarding a suspect wearing all black who had stabbed somebody on or near South Second. Martin, and at least two other GPD officers, encountered Nez walking near the Diné Grill at 1502 S. Second St. And asked questions as to what went down.

Nez was intoxicated and had abrasions on his hand and elbow, the police report states. Nez threw the tan in color knife that was used in the stabbing in some bushes and that knife was found by GPD officers. Nez denied stabbing anyone, but a female witness told police that Cadman approached her and said call police because he had been stabbed.

Cadman sustained stab wounds to the upper left arm and the right thigh and was listed in critical condition at Gallup Indian Medical Center, the police report states. He was flown to the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque for further treatment.

By Bernie Dotson

Sun Correspondent