Police said the man went to a hospital after the couple argued at a West Laurel Street home.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A 56-year-old woman is accused of stabbing her 65-year-old husband with broken glass during an argument at a West Side home, and she now faces a felony assault charge after deputies booked her into the Bexar County jail.
Authorities said the case moved quickly from an emergency call to a hospital visit, a neighborhood search and then an arrest. Investigators identified the suspect as Linda Lopez and said the argument happened at a rear unit in the 1600 block of West Laurel Street. The husband survived and his wounds were described as not life-threatening. Lopez was later booked on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony under Texas law.
According to police and arrest records, the case began Wednesday morning when the injured man showed up at a hospital and told officers his wife had stabbed him several times during an argument at their home. Officers were sent to the West Laurel Street address after speaking with him, but the woman was not there when they arrived. Investigators then began processing the detached back unit as a crime scene while officers searched the area. Early accounts from police said the man had been getting ready for work before the confrontation turned violent. In later affidavit details, investigators said Lopez accused her husband of cheating, became enraged and used broken glass from a light bulb during the attack. The husband suffered puncture and laceration wounds, according to local reports based on police records, and was treated at the hospital after making it there on his own.
Police have not said what sparked the accusation beyond the alleged dispute over infidelity, and court records available Saturday did not add a fuller explanation of what happened inside the home before the stabbing. Investigators have said only that the argument escalated and turned physical. Authorities also have not publicly detailed how long the couple had lived at the property or whether officers had responded there before. Some local reporting described the pair as being in a common-law marriage, though the available booking and affidavit summaries focused on the assault allegation itself. The husband’s name has not been widely published in local reports, and officials have not released more information about his medical condition beyond saying the injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. Police also have not publicly described whether anyone else witnessed the argument or whether surveillance video, photographs or forensic evidence from the residence will play a role in the case.
The setting was a residential stretch of West Laurel Street on San Antonio’s inner West Side, where officers spent part of Wednesday gathering evidence after the husband pointed them to the address. The case drew attention because of the unusual weapon described in the affidavit: broken glass from a light bulb rather than a knife or firearm. That detail became central to the charge, since Texas prosecutors can pursue an aggravated assault case when they believe an object was used as a deadly weapon. Even so, the allegation remains just that at this stage. A charging document is not a conviction, and Lopez is presumed innocent unless prosecutors prove the case in court. The public record so far leaves several basic questions unanswered, including whether investigators recovered the broken bulb, whether the husband gave a full written statement from the hospital and whether Lopez made any statement after she was taken into custody. Those details often emerge later through court filings, bond records or testimony.
Lopez was booked into jail early Thursday morning, one day after the reported stabbing, according to local arrest records. Authorities said she faces one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Her bond was set at $50,000. As of Saturday, no public record indicated that the charge had been upgraded or reduced, and there was no public sign that prosecutors had filed additional counts tied to serious bodily injury. That means the case appears to remain in its early procedural stage. The next steps typically include formal review by prosecutors, possible filing decisions in district court and any later court appearances tied to bond conditions, counsel or indictment. Officials had not announced a hearing date in the publicly available reports tied to the case. Police also have not said whether they expect any further investigative steps, such as additional interviews, lab testing or review of medical evidence from the husband’s treatment. Those decisions usually shape how quickly a domestic violence case moves from arrest paperwork to formal prosecution.
What stood out in the first day of reporting was how the case unfolded through fragments: a husband arriving wounded at a hospital, officers tracing the account back to a rear unit on West Laurel Street and investigators later filling in the argument through affidavit details. Neighbors were not widely quoted in the initial reports, and officials kept their public description narrow, sticking to the alleged fight, the injuries and the arrest. That left the affidavit as the clearest early account of motive, with investigators saying Lopez accused her husband of cheating before the violence began. The allegation, if proved, would place the case among the many family violence incidents that move into public view only after medical treatment or an arrest. For now, the broad outline is clear even if many specifics are not: a domestic argument at home, a man injured with broken glass, a woman arrested the next day and a felony case that will now move into Bexar County’s court system.
The case stood Saturday with Lopez charged, the husband alive and recovering, and prosecutors expected to decide the next formal court steps. The next milestone is likely a court setting or updated filing in Bexar County, where the felony charge and bond conditions will be reviewed.
Author note: Last updated April 18, 2026.