Posted by The Times-Picayune October 12, 2007 11:32AM
Categories: Breaking News, Crime, East Jefferson
A Kenner man has been booked with attempted murder after he stabbed his roommate in an argument over a beer, Kenner police said.
Lazaro Castro, 25, accused Luis Salvador, 26, of drinking one of his beers, according to Detective Shaun Watson, a Kenner Police Department spokesman. The argument happened Wednesday at 7 p.m. in apartment A at 2600 Panama Street.
The verbal argument escalated into a physical altercation when Castro hit Salvador in the face with his fist and at least once in the head with a 5-gallon plastic bucket, Watson said in a news release. Salvador armed himself with a kitchen knife after occupants in the apartment intervened and separated the two, the release said.
Salvador ran from the apartment to summon police, but because he spoke very little English, 911 dispatchers had a hard time determining the nature of his complaint, the release said.
Salvador returned to the apartment where he was attacked from behind by Castro, which caused him to drop the kitchen knife. Castro retrieved the kitchen knife and began cutting and stabbing Salvador numerous times, the statement said.
Salvador managed to escape the attack and flag down an officer in the street. He sustained severe lacerations to the head, face, arms, and legs and was transported to East Jefferson General Hospital in stable condition, the news release said.
Skunkape's comment:It would be funny if it was not so violent and quite likely an expensive endeavor for the US taxpayer.
