San Diego police on Monday identified a man who was stabbed to death last week in a gas station parking lot.
Damien Garcia, 33, was stabbed at least once in the torso around 1:15 p.m. at a gas station on University Avenue near College Avenue in Redwood Village, Lt. Jud Campbell said in a news release.
Garcia bumped into another 33-year-old man who was filling his car with gas to argue with him, Campbell said. Detectives said the two knew each other because the man had previously dated Garcia’s current girlfriend.
The argument turned physical when Garcia punched the other man and they began fighting in the parking lot.
“At one point, the victim knocked the suspect to the ground and got on top of him, striking him multiple times,” Campbell said. “The suspect then stabbed the victim with a knife.”
The two men then separated, Campbell said. Garcia walked over to the gas station cashier and sat down while the stabbing suspect stayed near his car.
When officers arrived, they found Garcia in the parking lot. He was taken to hospital, where he died.
The other man remained at the scene while waiting for police. He has non-life-threatening head injuries, police said.
The man was arrested and released pending investigation.
Investigators asked anyone with information about the stabbing to call the homicide unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
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