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Police say couple’s heated argument led to stabbing at east El Paso gas station

UPDATE: El Paso police late Friday released additional details about an early morning stabbing outside a Circle K gas station on the city's east side.

"During a heated altercation, 30–year-old Nestor Alfonso Chavez stabbed 23–year-old Drew Timothy Psihos as the couple was driving on Montwood," detectives said in a statement.

Psihos was hospitalized with serious injuries.

Chavez was jailed on $10,000 bond on charges of aggravated assaulted and family violence.

ORIGINAL REPORT: EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso police are investigating a stabbing on the east side that sent a man to the hospital Friday morning.

It happened around 4:30 a.m. at the Circle K gas station at 11390 Montwood Drive.

An emergency dispatcher said the victim called 911 saying he had been stabbed. He was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries.

Police said a possible suspect in the stabbing was taken into custody.

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