One Man Arrested in Sunday Morning Assault
Posted/updated on: March 4, 2013 at 3:59 pm
TYLER — Two persons have been injured and one person is in custody following a fight on Tyler’s southwest side. It happened Sunday morning just before 11:45 at Super Monterey grocery store, 510 South Southwest Loop 323. Arrested was Gerardo Tavira Bastida 46 of Tyler.
Witnesses say Bastida began assaulting an elderly male with a crutch inside the store. He suffered a head injury. A store employee attempted to stop the assault and was stabbed by the suspect. Employees of the store detained Bastida until police arrived. He was booked into the Smith County Jail on two aggravated assault charges.
