PALM SPRINGS, CA — A Bermuda Dunes man accused of stabbing a man with a knife in Palm Springs has been arrested, police announced on Thursday.
Around 1:25 a.m. on Sunday, officers responded to a report of a stabbing at a parking structure located near S. Indian Canyon Drive and Arenas Road. A preliminary investigation indicated two men were involved in a confrontation at a parking structure in the area, according to the Palm Springs Police Department.
Police said the suspect produced a knife and stabbed a man in his neck and upper torso, and fled the scene in a white Mercedes-Benz.
The injured man, who was not identified, was transported to a local hospital in critical but stable condition. He was still in the hospital on Thursday, police said.
Police obtained a description of the suspect who was identified as 38-year-old Francisco Elias.
Authorities found Elias on Calle Rosarita in La Quinta around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. He was taken into custody without incident, police said.
Elias was booked into Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of attempted murder, police said.
Bail information was not immediately available.
Anyone with information related to the investigation was asked to call 760-323-8157.
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