ONE OF TWO PEOPLE CAUGHT AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER A DEADLY STABBING AT THE ALBERTSON’S STORE ON RIO BRAVO IN ALBUQUERQUE’S SOUTH VALLEY SATURDAY REMAINS IN CUSTODY. THAT’S 27 YEAR OLD LUCAS HERRON, WHO BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SAY GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH THE VICTIM, 48 YEAR OLD DANIEL SANDOVAL, INSIDE THE STORE.
DEPUTIES SAY HERRON HAD A CONCEALED KNIFE, AND AFTER THE TWO MEN ARGUED, STABBED SANDOVAL IN THE CHEST. SANDOVAL DIED AT THE SCENE, DESPITE LIFESAVING EFFORTS. HERRON FLED WITH A MALE JUVENILE, BUT WAS CAUGHT AND CHARGED WITH MURDER AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE.
THE JUVENILE WAS NOT CHARGED AND RELEASED TO HIS PARENTS.