The Brownwood Police Department issued the following press release Monday morning:

On Saturday, Dec.5, at approximately 9:35 p.m., officers responded to a report of an assault at a residence in the 100 block of Bowie Circle. While responding; officers learned that someone was stabbed, and the suspect was still at the residence.

Officer Steven Dekeratry arrived first and located the suspect walking down the road with a pocketknife in his hand. The male was detained and identified as 41-year-old Miguel Claudio of Brownwood.

Several witnesses were located in the yard of the residence as well as the victim; who was identified as 25-year-old Trevor Ray Ross of Brownwood. Ross was briefly interviewed before being transported to Hendrick Medical Center-Brownwood where he was treated for a non-life-threatening stab wound to his abdomen.

Witnesses at the scene reported that Claudio was at the residence of his girlfriend’s family Claudio desired to leave the gathering and argued with his girlfriend about this. Eventually, Claudio was at the front door with his girlfriend; restraining her and pushing her out the door as she continually attempted to reenter the home. Ross, seeing the pushing, approached and took Mr Claudio outside and to the ground. Other members of this group separated the two and once they were both on their feet, Claudio rushed in with a pocketknife and stabbed Mr Ross.

Claudio was arrested and transported to the Brown County Jail, charged with Aggravated Assault with a Weapon.