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Trial begins for Boise nightclub stabbing suspect

Jesus Manuel Garcia is charged with second-degree murder and aggravated battery.
Credit: Ada County Jail
Jesus M. Garcia

BOISE - Jury selection got underway Monday for a man accused of stabbing two people -- one of them fatally -- at a Boise nightclub.

Jesus Manuel Garcia is charged with second-degree murder and aggravated battery.

The charges stem from an incident at China Blue back in January of 2017.

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Prosecutors say Garcia got into an altercation with two men, pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed the men repeatedly.

Daviel Ruiz-Gomez, 21, later died at the hospital from his injuries. The other victim survived.

Prosecutors say Garcia has a long rap sheet, including prior arrests for violent crimes.

Garcia's trial is expected to last about two weeks.

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