2 convenience store employees stabbed by customer in Colton, sheriff says

A customer at a Colton convenience store stabbed two employees after getting into a confrontation with one of them, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner's Department.

Luis Gonzalez Morales, 45, was arrested as a suspect in the stabbing of Gurjot Gill, 20, and Suresh Chakma, 47, while the two were working at the store at 1091 W. Valley Boulevard, have Sheriff’s officials said. The address is listed online as the location of C 2 Food Mart, a neighborhood convenience store.

Morales initially had some sort of disagreement with Gill before the situation escalated, according to a news release from the sheriff's department.

“After the transaction, there was a confrontation between Morales and Gill and a fight ensued,” the statement said. “When Chakma tried to separate them, Morales pulled out a knife and stabbed Gill and Chakma.”

Morales allegedly chased Gill as he tried to run away and continued to threaten him.

“Gill fled the store and took refuge in a customer’s vehicle while Chakma hid in the store,” the release states.

Another person saw that Morales was injured and took him to a nearby hospital, where officers later found him in the emergency room and arrested him, according to sheriff's officials.

Sheriff's officials did not say how Morales was injured.

Meanwhile, both Gill and Chakma were taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition.

Deputies booked Morales into the West Valley Detention Center on suspicion of attempted murder, sheriff's officials said. He was being held there on $1 million bail.

Morales is a Colton resident while Gill is from Riverside and Chakma is a San Bernardino resident, officials said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Deputy N. Yates at the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Central Station at 909-387-3545. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call the We-Tip hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) or visit wetip.com.