{"id":406322,"date":"2026-08-14T09:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406322\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:28:07","slug":"dallas-man-held-knife-to-womans-throat-stomach-before-repeatedly-stabbing-her-according-to-an-affidavit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406322\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas man held knife to woman’s throat, stomach before repeatedly stabbing her, according to an affidavit"},"content":{"rendered":"

A newly obtained affidavit reveals new details about what police say happened before an officer fired at a man accused of stabbing a woman.<\/p>\n

DALLAS \u2014 A Dallas man accused of repeatedly stabbing a woman at a Northeast Dallas apartment complex was holding a knife against her throat and stomach when an officer arrived, according to a newly obtained arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n

Isidoro Melo-Munoz, 37, is charged with aggravated assault-family violence with a deadly weapon in connection with the Aug. 7 attack at the Sunchase Park Apartments in the 8500 block of Park Lane.<\/p>\n


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The arrest affidavit provides new details about what police say happened before an officer fired at Melo-Munoz as he fled the scene.<\/p>\n

As WFAA previously reported<\/a>, Dallas police officers were dispatched to the apartment complex around 7 a.m. after receiving a disturbance emergency call.<\/p>\n

Dallas police Sgt. John Arnold was the first officer to arrive and encountered Melo-Munoz holding a knife against the woman’s throat and stomach, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

Arnold gave loud verbal commands for Melo-Munoz to let the woman go, but police say Melo-Munoz instead began stabbing her multiple times.<\/p>\n

Arnold then fired one round from his duty weapon as Melo-Munoz fled, according to the affidavit. Melo-Munoz was not struck.<\/p>\n

The woman suffered multiple stab wounds and was taken by Dallas Fire-Rescue to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. Police previously said she underwent surgery and was later listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n

The affidavit identifies Melo-Munoz and the woman as having been in an on-and-off dating relationship for approximately six years.<\/p>\n

Police previously said witnesses reported Melo-Munoz confronted the woman as she was preparing to leave for work and prevented her from leaving, moving her around the apartment complex while armed with multiple knives.<\/p>\n

Neighbors at the complex told WFAA the commotion was so intense they could feel people running through the stairway.<\/p>\n

Police later released body camera footage showing portions of the encounter. The affidavit states the incident was captured on Arnold’s body-worn camera.<\/p>\n

Special Investigations Unit detectives also reviewed surveillance footage from nearby apartments and interviewed witnesses who corroborated details of the incident, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

Police said investigators later recovered a knife along the path Melo-Munoz took while fleeing. Additional knives were also found at the scene.<\/p>\n

Melo-Munoz was arrested the following day at a convenience store in the 6700 block of Abrams Road, as WFAA previously reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to the aggravated assault-family violence charge, Melo-Munoz was booked into the Dallas County Jail on a warrant for burglary with intent to commit assault stemming from a separate Aug. 5 incident involving the same woman, according to police.<\/p>\n

The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A newly obtained affidavit reveals new details about what police say happened before an officer fired at a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-406322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}