2 Las Cruces Men Arrested In Stabbing Of Studio 69 Security Guard

EL PASO, Texas — Two Las Cruces men were arrested for allegedly stabbing a security guard for Studio 69, a nightclub in Downtown El Paso, El Paso police said.

Police said a fight broke out inside the club about 12:30 a.m. and 18-year-old Daniel Olivas and 21-year-old Jorge Gonzalez, both armed with knives, stabbed the guard as they passed him.

Other security guards were able to detain Olivas until police arrived, and officers located Gonzalez hiding under a car nearby.

Both Olivas and Gonzalez were arrested and booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility on one count each of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, police said.

The security guard was taken to Thomason Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The incident happened a day after a shooting occurred outside the club. Police are still looking for the suspects in the shooting.