Felony charges are expected to be filed Thursday against a 32-year-old man suspected of fatally stabbing a Riverside resident during a confrontation at a major intersection blocks from UC Riverside.
Elias Julian Calderon of Moreno Valley was arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Jail Monday night on suspicion of murder. Calderon is being held without bail.
According to the Riverside Police Department, shortly before noon Monday, the suspect and victim, identified only as a local man, were involved in an unspecified dispute at Chicago and University avenues, roughly four blocks north of the UCR campus.
Detective Steve Espinosa alleged that during the encounter, Calderon pulled a knife and stabbed the man at least once, then fled.
Witnesses called 911, and patrol officers and paramedics reached the location minutes later. The victim was taken to Riverside Community Hospital, where he died in the emergency room.
Espinosa said Robbery-Homicide Unit investigators were able to quickly develop leads pointing to Calderon as the alleged assailant, and he was tracked to a property on Hulen Place in Riverside, where he was taken into custody without incident about six hours after the stabbing.
Background information on the suspect was unavailable.