A San Jose man was arrested in connection with an early morning
stabbing in the parking lot near the Morgan Hill Bowl that left one
man hospitalized.
Morgan Hill – A San Jose man was arrested in connection with an early morning stabbing in the parking lot near the Morgan Hill Bowl that left one man hospitalized.
Shannon Lacey, 26, was booked into jail after police found him in possession of a bloody 3-inch knife in his pocket. He will likely be charged with attempted homicide, police said.
Ezequiel Pando, 24, of San Jose, was taken to San Jose Regional Hospital, where he will likely remain hospitalized for several more days. Pando’s left lung collapsed when he was stabbed.
The stabbing occurred about 1:30am Saturday, Morgan Hill Police Department Cmdr. Joe Sampson said.
Two officers were patrolling outside the nearby StriXe Lounge when they saw a fight involving six to eight males at the eastern end of the parking lot.
Sampson said the officers detained all of the combatants and as they began to investigate they discovered Pando had been stabbed. Paramedics were called, and officers quickly contained the crime scene.
After all the suspects were ordered to lie down, officers noticed one man attempting to walk away.
The man, later identified as Lacey, reached for his waistband and was immediately handcuffed.
A bloody 3-inch pocket knife was found in Lacey’s waistband, Sampson said.
MHPD detectives and the department’s Street Crimes team were called out to assist. It was determined that the fight between the men started when racially derogatory remarks were hurled back and forth, Sampson said.
The case has been submitted to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office for review, he added, and has not been classified as a hate crime at this time but is under investigation for possible hate crime enhancements.
Lacey was the only one arrested.
