Alejandro Sanabria, 26, is being held within the Angelina County Jail on $6 million bond after fatally stabbing his different and injuring a police officer throughout a manic episode
Stunning video footage reveals the terrifying second a son fatally stabbed his mom as they waited in line at a Texas comfort retailer final Friday.
Martha Hageon, 48, died after being taken off life help on Tuesday.
Her 26-year-old son Alejandro Sanabria had attacked her within the Fortunate’s Comfort Retailer in Lufkin at round 10.30pm Friday whereas he was in a manic state resulting from his bipolar dysfunction.
Hageon had been attempting to maintain her son away from his pregnant associate and little one till his manic episode, which was then in its third day, was over, when he turned on her, based on the Lufkin Day by day Information.
Sanabria was dragged away from his mom and detained by officers who had simply entered the shop to hold out a welfare verify on Hageon after she texted her husband to name 911 as a result of her son was performing ‘loopy’.
Officer Gerardo Salinas, 29, was additionally stabbed within the facet and suffered a punctured lung as cops tried to wrestle a big knife away from Sanabria.
He’s now recovering at dwelling after being launched from hospital on Monday.
Police had been first made conscious that Hageon could also be at risk after receiving a 911 name from her husband, Jimmie, wherein he requested them to verify in on her and her son.
She had allegedly texted saying that she wanted cops to drag her automotive over.
Martha Hageon, 48, died after being taken off life help on Tuesday. She is pictured above together with her 26-year-old son Alejandro Sanabria who she was attempting to guard throughout an episode
As cops approached the shop, Sanabria pulled out a big knife and stabbed his mom
Bodycam footage confirmed the officers wrestling the knife from his arms
‘My spouse simply known as me telling me to name 911. I’m heading that method now. I have no idea what’s going on. She stated name 911. She wants them to drag her automotive over,’ he tells the dispatcher within the newly launched audio.
‘In all probability has her son together with her. Her son’s performing foolish. He’s performing loopy or one thing. I have no idea what is going on on.’
He stated that when he obtained his spouse’s textual content, he known as her, and he or she screamed at him to name the police.
‘I do not know what is going on on, I am simply looking for my spouse,’ he tells the dispatcher, as he provides info on her automotive so officers can monitor it down.
The distressed husband explains that he’s driving round looking for his spouse’s automotive as he had no additional particulars on the place she had been headed.
He had final seen her earlier than he left for work at 11am that morning, he stated.
Police had been alerted to Hageon’s hazard after she texted her husband to inform him to name 911 and officers tracked her down. She is pictured above together with her husband, Jimmie
The stabbing passed off on this Fortunate’s retailer in Lufkin on Friday night time
Surveillance footage reveals Hageon and Sanabria ready in line on the retailer
He begins to hug her and kisses her on the pinnacle as they wait
But when he notices officers approaching, Sanabria turned violent and pulled out a knife
The dispatcher says officers are additionally looking out and asks Jimmie to name again once more if he hears from his spouse.
One and a half minutes later, Jimmie requires a second time and says Hageon informed him she was on the Fortunate’s retailer.
‘He’s going loopy. Her son goes loopy. I have to get my spouse out of that automotive,’ he pleads with the dispatcher.
Earlier than police arrived, surveillance footage from the shop confirmed Hageon and Sanabria standing collectively in line behind different prospects.
Hageon, sporting a black high and denims, could be seen trying anxiously at her son earlier than attempting to step away from him to the opposite facet of the shop.
Sanabria, in a yellow hoodie, is proven within the video waving his arm and showing to shout out earlier than pointing to the ceiling.
His mom speaks to him and takes their purchases from his hand as she anxiously seems round.
Bodycam footage reveals officers wrestling Sanabria to the bottom within the retailer
They pile on high of him and so they wrench the knife from his arms
As he was taken into custody, Sanabria was lined in blood, as pictured
Her son wraps his arm round her neck and locations his head on hers in what seems like an embrace however Hageon begins to look distressed and raises her hand to try to pull free.
They each look to the door, the place officers are simply starting to method the shop, and Sanabria all of the sudden pulls a big knife from his pocket.
He pulls his mom again and holds it towards her whereas trying towards the door and the approaching cops earlier than the footage ends.
Within the bodycam video from the responding officers, they’re seen dashing by the door of the shop and tackling Sanabria as they attempt to kick the knife from his hand.
Officer Gerardo Salinas, 29, pictured above, additionally suffered a punctured lung as he made the arrest. He has been launched from hospital and is recovering at dwelling
He struggles and tries to carry on to his mom, earlier than the officers pin him to the bottom and wrestle the knife away.
As Sanabria is introduced from the shop, the bodycam reveals his clothes lined in blood.
Hageon was taken to hospital to be handled for her accidents however died 4 days later.
Sanabria is at present being held within the Angelina County Jail on $6 million bond on prices of aggravated assault with a lethal weapon towards a public servant and aggravated assault with a lethal weapon.
Police stated the costs could be up to date within the coming days.
His uncle Peter Maldonado informed the Lufkin Day by day Information that due to his situation, Sanabria could not but understand what he has finished to his mom, as he might nonetheless be within the manic episode.
Maldonado described Sanabria as a ‘loving, caring, humorous and considerate man’.
Maldonado says he hopes his nephew, who was identified with a bipolar dysfunction three years in the past, shall be dropped at a hospital.
‘Sadly, insurance coverage is a barrier with searching for (psychological well being) assist,’ he stated. ‘As a result of he’s 26, he is now not lined by his father’s insurance coverage and discovering him sources for remedy was difficult.’
Martha Hageon, pictured, died Tuesday after being taken off life help
Her husband Jimmie, pictured collectively above, had tried to get cops to her in time
Hageon, 48, labored as a social employee for the Texas Well being & Human Providers Fee
Maldonado defined that assist can’t be pressured on Sanabria now he’s an grownup and his situation left him believing that everybody was after him.
‘He might be seen strolling round and doing pushups, speaking quick, having grandiose concepts about life coupled with paranoia,’ Maldonado stated.
‘He thought folks had been studying his thoughts or his ideas. I’ve seen him in entrance of a TV — he thought the actors on a TV present had been studying his ideas; that is how we knew he was in a manic state.’
Sanabria has been arrested a number of instances together with one arrest for assault inflicting bodily harm in 2012 when he was additionally in a manic state.
In accordance with her obituary, Hageon was a San Antonio native and a social employee for the Texas Well being & Human Providers Fee.
She had two different sons, Alberto, and Arturo Sanabria.
