EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 60-year-old man from Las Cruces was arrested on Wednesday, June 5, after allegedly stabbing and killing another man at an apartment in Las Cruces, according to the Las Cruces Police Department and court documents obtained by KTSM.
Police say Gary Allyn, 60, was arrested on Wednesday and is charged with an open count of murder.
Police say after 6 p.m. that day, they were dispatched to the report of a stabbing at an apartment located on the 1600 block of Missouri Avenue.
Officers arrived and found a 61-year-old man inside the apartment with multiple stab wounds. He died at the scene, according to police.
Allyn was also in the apartment with blood on his hands, legs, and shorts, according to police.
According to court documents, when Allyn was asked by a witness if he had killed the other man, he stated, “I did.” When the witness asked Allyn what he used, he replied “Everything and anything.”
Court documents also state that Allyn was “possibly intoxicated” at the time of the incident.
Allyn was arrested and booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center where he is initially being held without bond.
The victim’s identity will not be released until the next of kin has been properly notified, police said.
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