UPDATE: EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Two men have been arrested in connection to a stabbing Sunday afternoon, March 12, in the parking lot of a strip club in East El Paso.
Police responded to a stabbing call at about 6:30 p.m. outside Buck’s Cabaret, 11701 Gateway West.
Officers found a 35-year-old victim who had been stabbed by two men who had subsequently fled the scene. Police say the men had been involved in a fight out in the parking lot and one of the suspects pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim.
The victim is in serious condition.
Officers were able to find the two suspects nearby and arrested them.
They have been identified as 25-year-old Anthony Paul Yepez and 23-year-old Ethan Edward Alvarez.
Both were charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Yepez has also been charged with possession of cocaine under 1 gram.
Both men were booked into the El Paso County Detention Center.