SAN ANTONIO – A man named as a suspect in a stabbing death Monday on the Northeast Side had been a longtime friend of the victim, according to a family member.
The relative, who spoke to KSAT 12 News off camera, said Patrick Jaysen Hernandez, 22, had been friends with Quintin Tribune, 19, since they were children.
According to an arrest affidavit, Hernandez allegedly stabbed Tribune during a fight Monday afternoon at a home on Tampke Place, not far from Nacogdoches Road.
The affidavit states the two men were hanging out with other people, drinking, when the fight broke out.
Documents show Hernandez told police at some point during the fight that Tribune began swinging a skateboard and hit a woman in the face.
Hernandez then stabbed Tribune and left the area in a car, according to the affidavit.
A person described as a witness drove Tribune to an urgent care hospital on Nacogdoches Road where it was determined he was dead.
Meanwhile, according to documents, Hernandez created a series of temporary posts on social media that mentioned the stabbing and saying he did it in self-defense.
Officers found Hernandez later at a different hospital where the woman injured by the skateboard was being treated.
He was arrested on a charge of murder.
A series of mug shots from the Bexar County jail shows Hernandez has been arrested multiple times, dating back at least to 2021.
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