Two people stabbed to death overnight in unrelated cases in Carrollton, police say

Two people were stabbed to death Thursday night and Friday morning in unrelated cases, Carrollton police said.

Police responded to the first offense about 10:30 p.m. Thursday in the 2500 block of Guerrero Drive, near the President George Bush Turnpike and Ward Steenson Park. A friend of the victim, who was not identified, told police she was attempting to back into a parking space when a man pulled up in a vehicle in front of her.

The female witness told investigators the man, later identified as 30-year-old Gerardo Rodriguez, got out of the car and began yelling at her, police said. The victim, who was sitting in the passenger seat of the female witness’ vehicle, began arguing with the man and got out of the car.

The witness said the two continued to argue before the victim yelled that Rodriguez had a knife and fell to the ground, police said. Rodriguez drove away, authorities said, but later turned himself in to the Carrollton Police Department.

Police said the victim was taken to the hospital where he later died.

Police were called about 4 a.m. Friday to the second stabbing in the 1120 block of MacArthur Boulevard, near the President George Bush Turnpike and Dickerson Parkway. Police said 20-year-old Pascual Alexander Guachiac Xum woke one of his sleeping roommates and said he got into a fight with another roommate.

Officers found the victim deceased in a back bedroom, police said, and Xum was arrested.

It was not immediately clear if either man faces murder charges or whether they have obtained attorneys. Jail records indicate both were booked into the Dallas County Jail on Friday afternoon, but their charges are not yet posted.