Temecula Stabbing Suspect ID'd, Booking Photo Released

TEMECULA, CA — Sheriff's officials have identified a man who is suspected of fatally stabbing another outside of a Temecula superstore following "an altercation." The fight between the two men started somewhere "outside of the Walmart property" around noon and continued into the store's parking lot on Wednesday. It was there that one of the men stabbed the other — who later died at the hospital, police said.

James Beckham Fortney, 40, is being held at the French Valley jail on suspicion of voluntary manslaughter, according to jail booking records. The Temecula resident's bail was set at $100,000.

Sheriff's officials said Fortney was held as a person of interest for several hours following the attack. Records show he was arrested at 12:20 a.m. Thursday and booked into jail at 4:20 a.m.

He's tentatively scheduled for arraignment on Monday morning.

A search on social media revealed Fortney had posted before about helping those with suicidal thoughts, became a scuba instructor in Temecula in 2014 and that he has two children.

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#BREAKING: Identity and booking photo released of Temecula Walmart stabbing suspect: https://t.co/LsoY7QO5CU pic.twitter.com/d0M9m4zajf
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Image via Riverside County Sheriff's Department