A man accused of stabbing 11 people over the weekend in Albuquerque, New Mexico, while riding a BMX bike, has a lengthy criminal history that includes several serious crimes.
Tobias Gutiérrez, aged 42, allegedly assaulted his victims randomly during a period of three hours, and most of the attacks occurred along Central Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares of the city, reported the police spokesman, Gilbert Gallegos.
“ There doesn’t seem to be any reason” for the attacks, he added.
According to the criminal complaint, one of the attacks took place in a homeless encampment and another near a smokers’ store where the suspect asked a victim for money and yelled insults before starting to brandish a knife.
The police stated that two of the people were stabbed in the neck.
After several calls reporting stabbings, a witness told authorities they saw a man on a bicycle with a large knife. While an officer saw the suspect allegedly throwing the gun into a trash can.
Tobias was found after he a search warrant was issued. The victims were taken to hospitals, two of them in critical condition, the rest were stable.
Authorities believed that Gutiérrez committed all the stabbings, but so far he is only accused of two incidents. The others require further investigation, police said.
New Mexico court records show that Gutierrez has also been charged over the years with drug possession and driving while intoxicated.
In the year 2014, the man failed to appear in court for driving on a revoked license, records show. He responded to the court with a handwritten note stating that he was in federal custody in another county and was making an effort to improve while incarcerated.
His sentence in federal prison stemmed from a case in which he entered a tribal casino north of Albuquerque while carrying a revolver and ammunition. He was released from federal custody in 2020.
For the weekend stabbings, Gutierrez was booked into an Albuquerque jail on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He is being held without bail.
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