Lubbock restaurant employee stabs coworker, prompting SWAT callout

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - 18-year-old Eddie Casias is in custody after a stabbing and SWAT callout Friday afternoon.

During a press conference, police officials said there was an altercation between two employees at a restaurant in the 3200 block of 4th Street.

Around 12:45 p.m., Casias reportedly stabbed an employee and then ran away from the restaurant to a nearby apartment complex. The stabbing victim was moderately injured.

The Lubbock Police Department’s SWAT team and negotiators responded to the apartments. Casias was taken into custody “without incident” at 3:16 p.m.

Casias has been taken to the Lubbock County Detention Center; he is charged with aggravated assault.

See the press conference below: