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WATSONVILLE — The owner of La Tiendita Market remained hospitalized Thursday and is listed as stable after he was stabbed while chasing a man who stole a 12-pack of beer from the store, police said.
About 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, a man entered the Riverside Drive store and ran out the door with the beer, police said. The 47-year-old owner chased him a short distance down Marchant Street when a second man stabbed him, in the torso and the left arm, officers reported.
The victim, a Salinas resident, was initially reported to have life-threatening injuries, but Sgt. Saul Gonzalez said Thursday that he was stable and was expected to recover.
“It seems like a beer skip that went wrong,” he said, adding that it appears the suspects were on foot.
Descriptions of them were vague, but Gonzalez said police have some leads.
The store has been the robbed before, he said, adding that it’s in a central location with a lot of foot traffic.
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