Police Arrest Man Suspected of Stabbing 11 in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Police in Albuquerque arrested a man suspected of stabbing 11 people as he rode a bicycle around the city over the weekend, leaving two victims critically injured, authorities said. He was identified as 42-year-old Tobias Gutierrez and booked into jail overnight on charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, police in New Mexico’s largest city said in a statement Monday. The stabbings appeared to have been committed at random and most happened along Central Avenue, one of the city’s main thoroughfares, said police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos. One of the crime scenes included a homeless encampment and another was near a smoke shop where the suspect asked a victim for money and yelled obscenities before he started swinging a knife, according to a criminal complaint. Gallegos said the stabbings appeared to be random. “There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason” to the attacks, he said. There was …

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