Gang Member Yells ‘MS-13’ While Stabbing Victim, Say Police

Police in Monroe, New York, arrested a self-proclaimed MS-13 gang member after he allegedly stabbed two men in a parking lot. Both victims survived the attack.

Police officers in the town located about 50 miles north of New York City arrived on the scene of an attack where two men were stabbed. The first officer made contact with four people covered in blood. He learned one of the men received a stab wound and his three friends were helping him, the Hudson Valley News Network reported. The men told the officer another stabbing victim could be found nearby and pointed him in the direction of the second victim.

The officer called for an ambulance and backup and moved to locate the second victim. Officials reported the second victim, a 21-year-old male, to be in serious condition from his wounds.

As other officers arrived on the scene, the victims told them the suspect fled into the woods. Police officers called for assistance from the department’s K-9 team for the search.

The K-9 officer quickly located the suspects abandoned bloody clothing, quickly discarded in the woods. Officers eventually caught up with the suspected and arrested him.

The victims told police officers that the suspect, Fredy’s Gutierrez-Zomora got into an argument with one of the victims and pulled a knife. He then allegedly chased the suspect through the parking lot of a Mobil gas station. When he caught up to the victim, he stabbed him in the chest, witnesses said. The witnesses said the suspect yelled “MS-13” while he stabbed his first victim.

Another man approached the suspect and attempted to intervene. Gutierrez-Zomora allegedly slashed that person with his knife and then fled into the woods.

Authorities charged the man with 1st Degree Assault and Criminal Possession of a Firearm. The judge set his bond for the two felonies at $500,000.

Breitbart Texas reached out to the Monore Police Department for additional information. A response from the department’s spokesperson was not immediately available.