Suspect apprehended by BSPD
Editor’s note: The Big Spring Police Department issued the following press release Friday afternoon:
“On the 31st of March 2023 at approximately 11:06 a.m., Big Spring Police Department officers and Big Spring Fire Department Emergency Services were dispatched to the area of Bargain Mart (403 S. Runnels) due to an elderly individual who had been stabbed. Witnesses informed dispatch the suspect had fled on foot. Officers immediately responded to the area and located the suspect running from the scene. Officers gave chase and apprehended Timothy Valencia Hispanic/Male 22 years of age in the 100 block of East 1st St. Officers had also arrived on scene and found an elderly male subject 94 years of age had been stabbed in the abdomen and was being tended to by Bargain Mart staff. Emergency Services arrived on scene and transported the elderly male to Scenic Mountain Medical Center. The Big Spring Police Department Criminal Investigations Division arrived on scene to assist and at this time believe this to be a random act of violence with no motive known. The elderly individual was later transported to UMC Lubbock for further treatment and at the time of this release was in serious but stable condition."
See the Weekend Edition of the Herald for the rest of the story.
