SAN ANTONIO – One man is behind bars after he confessed to cutting someone’s throat to San Antonio police officers.
The traffic officers were approached by a 31-year-old man in the 400 block of East Courtland Place, according to SAPD.
The suspect told officers he had just cut someone’s throat nearby.
Upon entering the location, officers found a 71-year-old man lying in a bedroom bleeding from his neck, said SAPD.
Officers located a large butcher knife on the ground beside the victim, police said.
The victim was taken to a nearby hospital in an unstable, life-threatening condition.
Police said the suspect and victim possibly had a landlord/tenant relationship.
The suspect will be booked for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.