ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE STABBING DEATH OF A MAN IN A WAL MART PARKING LOT. APD'S TASIA MARTINEZ SAYS OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE STORE ON CARLISLE NEAR MENAUL AROUND 10:30 PM TUESDAY. THERE THEY FOUND A WOMAN TRYING TO RESUSCITATE HER BOYFRIEND, WHO WAS SUFFERING FROM A STAB WOUND. THE VICTIM, WHO WAS IN HIS LATE 20S, WAS FOUND IN THE STORE PARKING LOT.
MARTINEZ SAYS THE GIRLFRIEND AND WITNESSES TOLD OFFICERS THE COUPLE HAD GONE TO WAL MART WITH ANOTHER MALE FRIEND. THE VICTIM, WHO WAS IN HIS LATE 20S, GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH TWO MEN IN THE PARKING LOT. WAL MART SECURITY BROKE UP THE FIGHT, BUT IT STARTED AGAIN A SHORT TIME LATER. ONE OF THE MEN STABBED THE VICTIM DURING THE SECOND ALTERCATION. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
MARTINEZ SAYS THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR THE OFFENDERS, WHO HAD ALREADY FLED THE SCENE BEFORE OFFICERS ARRIVED. SHE SAYS DETECTIVES HAVE STRONG LEADS IN THE CASE, BUT NO NAMES ARE BEING RELEASED AT THIS TIME.
