Arraignment Set For Man Accused In SD Greyhound Bus Stabbing

SAN DIEGO, CA – A man accused of stabbing a fellow passenger during a fight on a Greyhound bus, forcing the driver to pull over on the freeway near University City, is scheduled to be arraigned Friday at the downtown Central Courthouse.

Gilbert Dominguez, 35, was arrested a short time after the stabbing, which occurred on the bus on northbound Interstate 5, police said.

The pair of transit riders began arguing for unknown reasons shortly before 12:30 p.m. Wednesday as the bus was making a run from San Ysidro to Oceanside, according to San Diego police.

As the coach approached Genesee Avenue, the quarrel became violent, prompting the driver to pull over onto the right-hand shoulder, SDPD public- affairs Officer Billy Hernandez said.

After pulling to a stop, the driver was able to separate the combatants and push one of them -- a man later identified as Dominguez -- out the door. The defendant then ran off up a hillside embankment into the eastern reaches of the UC San Diego campus, according to police.

Paramedics took the 27-year-old injured man to nearby Scripps Memorial Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening stab wounds, including at least one to the neck, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A short time later, police arrested Dominguez near UC San Diego's Thornton Hospital.

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