Police: Man attempts to strangle girlfriend at cemetery, stabs two at Halloween party

TOOELE, Utah (ABC 4 News) - Police are looking for Gabriel Mascarenas, who they say attempted to strangle his girlfriend in a cemetery then went to a Halloween party where he fought and stabbed two men.  

Tooele County Dispatch received the call of a fight in progress around 2:00 a.m. Thursday. 

Police say officers arrived to find two men had been stabbed by a man they believe is Gabriel Mascarenas.  

Police say he had attempted to strangle his girlfriend just hours before in a Tooele City cemetery. 

The victims in the stabbing were expected to survive, although police say one of the men had to be transported to a local hospital by medical helicopter due to the severity of his wounds.  The second man was taken to a Tooele hospital for treatment. 

Police say Mascarenas is 19-years-old and a resident of Tooele. He was last seen wearing a red shirt and blue jeans, shaved head, and wearing a blue Yankees hat. 

Police say he 5'7" tall and weighs 150 pounds.

Anyone with information on the suspect was asked to call Tooele City police. 

Stay with ABC 4 for much more on this developing story.