Police release video of July stabbing on Albuquerque bus
By Hamilton Kahn
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KOAT) — KOAT has received body cam video and surveillance video from the Albuquerque Police Department that appears to show Davis Gabaldon, a city bus driver, allegedly stabbing a man to death on July 9.
Police say it started early that morning when Raymond Coan begins arguing with Gabaldon, accusing him of being late. Soon after, Gabaldon stops and says, “We’re not going anywhere until he gets off the bus.”
A few minutes pass, then Coan addresses Gabaldon.
Coan: “What you’re saying to the rest of us in here, sit down and shut up. That’s not the best (expletive) thing to say.”
Gabaldon: “So what do you want me to say? Do you come in and talk (expletive) to me every day?”
Coan: “No.”
Gabaldon: “Then you come in here and you shut up, don’t you? You come in here and get quiet, don’t you?”
The two men start fighting, and Gabaldon again asks Coan to get off the bus. The fight continues, and police say that’s when Gabaldon allegedly stabs Coan.
Witnesses told police that before the fight, Coan took a knife of his own out of his backpack.
Gabaldon is pleading not guilty to first-degree murder, tampering with evidence, and criminal damage to property.
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