Fruitvale Mass-Stabbing Suspect Arrested

Suspect Claims He 'Blacked Out' During Attack

Matt Kroschel

Grand Junction- A Fourth of July mass stabbing suspect is behind bars tonight.

The Fruitvale early morning stabbing left five people in the hospital with knife and hammer wounds.
24-year-old Alejandro "Alex" Olvera faces multiple felony charges stemming from that incident. Mesa County Sheriff investigators picked Olvera up Tuesday.

In an affidavit obtained by NewsChannel Five, the suspect claims he blacked out during the attack. He says he was attempting to get the group of neighbors to stop lighting off loud fireworks, and that is when he got jumped by a group of angry people.

According to the Mesa County Sheriff's Office a fight broke out and several people were left injured in the 31-hundred block of Perkins Drive.

Five people were transported to St. Mary's Hospital, we have learned one of the victims was reportedly hit in the head with a hammer and the rest had several stab wounds. Investigators spend the last several days interviewing witness including the suspects girlfriend.

The Affidavit reports Olvera said he served in the Army and the sound of the fireworks was making him angry. Olvera is being held here at the jail and faces first and second degree assault charges for the attack.

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