
Deming Police Chief Brandon Gigante said 25-year-old Efrain Hidalgo was stabbed in the left abdomen just above the hip and in the buttocks during an altercation that took place in the street in the 300 block of West Third just after 4 p.m. Friday.
Gigante said Hidalgo refused to cooperate with law enforcement officers and initially refused to be transported to the hospital, but later agreed when he began to lose consciousness.
Gigante said they are looking for 19-year-old Gerardo Jaramillo as a person of interest in the case.
Anyone with information on Jaramillo’s whereabouts is encouraged to call the Deming Police Department at 546-3011, use TipSoft by anonymously submitting information via text to LUNATIP at CRIMES – or 274637, or call Crime Stoppers at 546-7800.