A Cortez man is suspected of felony assault after a stabbing incident Halloween night, a Durango police spokesman said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Jimmy Wayne Mahan, 38, was taken into police custody around 2 a.m. Sunday morning. He is out on $25,000 bail.<\/p>\n
Lt. Ray Shupe said police believe Mahan was involved in a fight at the Durango Downtown Inn on Camino del Rio where an unconscious victim was found in the parking lot.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not 100 percent it was (Mahan), but we suspect it is,\u201d Shupe said.<\/p>\n
Before police arrived for that call, Mahan is suspected of fleeing from the parking lot and attempting to enter another individual\u2019s room at the hotel to hide. When the person, 22-year-old Austin Short, also from Cortez, refused to let him in, Mahan stabbed him with a knife under the left armpit.<\/p>\n
Short was taken to Mercy Regional Medical Center with injuries that were not life-threatening. He was treated and released, Shupe said.<\/p>\n
Shupe wasn\u2019t sure how Mahan and Short wound up at the hotel together, but he did say the two knew each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey used to work together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Police are still investigating the man who was found unconscious in the parking lot, and further charges could be pending. Shupe did not immediately have information on that victim\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n