{"id":438319,"date":"2026-09-17T02:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438319\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T02:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:12:10","slug":"spacex-manager-arrested-for-stabbing-victim-in-neck-at-del-valle-bar-affidavit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438319\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX manager arrested for stabbing victim in neck at Del Valle bar: affidavit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">DEL VALLE, Texas &#8211; A SpaceX manager is facing a felony charge after a stabbing at a Del Valle bar.<\/p>\n<p> Del Valle bar stabbing   <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to court documents, on Sept. 12, 35-year-old Kyle Gonzalez attacked a Tesla contractor at the Waterhole Saloon in Del Valle.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Investigators said Gonzalez was out with coworkers for a team-building outing when an argument broke out over a game of pool.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Gonzalez threatened the victim before stabbing him in the neck with a pocketknife.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The victim was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, court documents said. The victim is expected to survive.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kyle-gonzalez.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Gonzalez was tracked down hiding in a nearby empty lot. Deputies found the pocketknife that had visible blood spots on the blade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">There was also security footage from the bar that caught the attack, court documents said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">During questioning, Gonzalez said he hid &#8220;for his safety,&#8221; but later apologized for his actions three times.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">He was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information from an arrest affidavit obtained by FOX 7 Austin on Sept. 15<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\/del-valle\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Del Valle<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/organizations\/spacex\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DEL VALLE, Texas &#8211; A SpaceX manager is facing a felony charge after a stabbing at a Del&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1046,28489,223,22121,2223,394,216,393],"class_list":["post-438319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-del-valle","tag-news","tag-organizations","tag-spacex","tag-travis-county","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438319","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=438319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}