Stabbing at Granite Shoals gas station
Burnet County Jail
A man was stabbed on Friday, May 8, at a gas station in Granite Shoals. The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries and the suspect in the incident is in custody.
Granite Shoals police responded to a call at around 2:59 p.m. regarding a disturbance at Buck’s Food and Fuel, located at 8201 W. RR 1431. On the scene, officers discovered an unidentified 55-year-old man with significant injuries sustained from an apparent stabbing. He was transported by Air Evac 49 to Dell Seton Medical Center in Austin.
A 47-year-old Granite Shoals resident, David Alex Montoya, was taken into custody following the incident and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and terroristic threat against a peace officer or judge. He was still on the scene when officers arrived.
Montoya’s bonds were set at $500,000 for the aggravated assault charge and $50,000 for the terroristic threat charge. As of Friday, he had not bonded out of jail.
The investigation is ongoing, and no additional information has been released as of the publication of this article. Montoya is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.