EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A man accused of attacking and stabbing another passenger on a Greyhound bus traveling through Southern New Mexico is being held without bond, according to the Sixth Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
Ryan Kenny, 24, is being held without bond after being charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, the DA’s Office said.
Kenny is accused of stabbing another passenger on Sept. 29 as a Greyhound bus was traveling between Steins and Lordsburg along Interstate 10 in Southern New Mexico, the DA’s Office said.
Several passengers saw Kenny stand up as if he was heading to the restroom, but moments later was seen falling onto another passenger and the two appeared to struggle.
Kenny was then seen stabbing the victim with a knife, the DA’s Office said.
The bus driver pulled over to the side of the interstate. Passengers evacuated for safety.
Kenny tried to flee but was caught by officers from the New Mexico State Police, the DA’s Office said.
Tucson TV station 13 News spoke to the victim, a Tucson man they identified as Jorge Quintanilla.
“I had suddenly heard somebody moving quickly on the other side of the aisle from me,” Quintanilla told Tucson 13 News said. “When I looked over, it was this guy who was lunging across the aisle with what at the time I thought was a pen. And he stabbed me straight in the neck, and then after that, I was able to grab his wrist and was trying to push him off me, and in that time, he kept stabbing and jabbing, and it was more towards the head.”
Quintanilla was stabbed six times in the head, neck, and arm, according to 13 News.
He is expected to be OK, but the unprovoked attack shook up his family and was eerily reminiscent to the one that made national news in Charlotte. That stabbing on a light-rail train killed 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska.
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