The victim is the father of a pregnant woman who had been separated from the suspect.
The victim said the suspect also punched and kicked him 50 to 60 times before getting away.
Responding officers used tourniquets to stop the blood loss from a seven and a half inch slash to the victim’s left arm.
21 year old Nicholas Tena of Bryan was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Tena told officers according to the arrest report that he used his wife’s cell phone to draw the victim to the park.
He also told officers that he threw away the knife and bloody clothes and deleted a cell phone video Tena recorded of the victim after the attack showing the victim’s injuries. That led to an additional charge of evidence tampering.
Online records show Tena was released from jail Christmas Day after posting bonds totaling $38,000 dollars.