CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — A homicide investigation is underway following a deadly stabbing Sunday morning in downtown Corpus Christi.
Corpus Christi police officers were sent to the 500 block of Taylor Street in reference to a stabbing on June 2, 2024, at about 2:18 a.m.
“It really destroys me that I did not save his life,” those were the words of an eye witness that chose to remain anonymous.
This person added he was able to see what happened that day.
“I was walking to my vehicle to go home, and there was another gentleman walking to his vehicle to go home, and we have both gotten into our vehicles and I had already turned on my car to reverse from where I was parked,” the eyewitness said.
According to Corpus Christi Police 26-year-old Ruben Castro Junior is the suspect who stabbed the victim.
The eyewitness said once he reversed his car, he saw Castro come up to the right side of his car headed over to the truck the victim was believed to be driving.
“This figure came up to me to the right side of my vehicle and looked at me with and ugly look, and he then headed around my vehicle to that driver’s door of that black King Ranch,” the eyewitness said.
The witness added he then noticed something didn’t seem right he saw how Castro aggressively pulled the driver’s door open and he began to attack the victim, which is why the witness decided to come back.
“I moved my vehicle further away to Mesquite Street, and I got out of my vehicle and I yelled for help,” the witness said.
The eyewitness added the victim stumbled and later collapsed on the ground which is when the witness decided to run and cater to him.
“I heard him cry to the ground, I heard him sobbing on the ground, and I saw the blood trail go down the concrete and I will never forget,” the witness said.
Police said there was no relationship between the victim and the suspect, which is why the eyewitness said he believes it could have been him the person who the suspect could’ve stabbed.
“I got extremely lucky, but that is not really important to me, the most important thing to me right now is the answers the family needs,” the witness said.
The witness said as the he was on the ground with the victim, he began to pray for him and give him some support, the victim was later taken to the nearest hospital where he then died.
“I was there for his final moments of his life I would say, and I do not think anybody would’ve helped him, I think I was the person that was destined to help him, that is how I feel, I did all I could to save his life, that was my goal,” the witness said.
Castro is now in jail on a $1 million bond.
This is still an ongoing and active investigation. If you have any additional information, you are asked to call investigators at 361-886-2840 or, if you wish to remain anonymous, 888-TIPS.
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