A 27-year-old Alamo man is in custody after a stabbing at a McAllen motel left two people dead, according to a news release.
A third victim was also involved in the stabbing, but police did not provide their status.
McAllen Police Department officers responded to the Motel 6 in the 700 block of Expressway 83 around 6:25 a.m. Saturday after a report of a bleeding man at the front desk, according to a news release.
The victim reported a man on the second-floor stairwell by the pool who was possibly intoxicated and had weapons, and asked the front desk not to call the police because “she will be killed too,” the news release said.
Officers on the scene found two men in the parking lot and on the second floor of the motel, who died at the scene.
Another man, identified as Carlos Antonio Cárdenas, was found at the scene with a knife, police said. He is expected to face multiple charges, including murder, the news release added.
The news release identified the stabbing victims as a 45-year-old black man from Richmond, Virginia, and a 42-year-old Hispanic man.
The third stabbing victim was reportedly on an adjacent property. Her identities have not yet been revealed.
Autopsies were ordered and drug paraphernalia was seized at the scene, according to the news release.