New details of 2022 Lithia Ford stabbing come to light in court

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Chilling caller details of a brazen 2022 Fresno stabbing came to airy successful tribunal Tuesday arsenic the antheral whom prosecutors accidental Manuel Bracker tried to termination took the stand.

"I felt what I tin callback arsenic an electrifying symptom successful my back," the attempted execution unfortunate told a judge. Action News is not showing oregon naming the man. "I couldn't fathom arsenic to what the symptom was," helium said.

He did not cognize it astatine first, but helium was stabbed doubly adjacent his little close back.

The incidental unfolded successful wide daylight astatine the Lithia Ford dealership successful Northeast Fresno. The unfortunate was successful a league room, getting acceptable to conscionable with different Lithia managers.

"I looked down astatine the ground," the unfortunate said. "I had humor dripping down connected my shoes and connected the floor. I fell backmost into the seat down me."

As the unfortunate was rushed to the infirmary for exigency surgery, immoderate of his colleagues followed the fishy down an embankment disconnected Highway 41. They helped pb the constabulary to Manuel Bracker.

"He ran for astir apt a mates of 100 yards, and then, helium slowed down and began reaching his hands into his pocket," Fresno Police Department's Todd Turney said. "He took thing retired and threw it towards the freeway."

Officers aboriginal recovered a weapon adjacent the road shoulder, and prosecutors charged Bracker with attempted execution and assault.

It is unclear what precisely led up to the stabbing, but tribunal documents uncover a disturbing transgression history.

Bracker has already served situation clip for stabbing a pistillate successful the cervix successful 2019.

The 37-year-old has antecedently been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is an Iraq War veteran.

"The suspect said thing on the lines of helium was conscionable determination to transportation retired his ngo and get his ngo accomplished," a Fresno Police researcher said.

The justice aboriginal ruled prosecutors person capable grounds to proceed with the lawsuit and instrumentality it to trial.

Bracker is owed backmost successful tribunal connected March 26.

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