A Texas man died after he was allegedly stabbed to death while trying to break up fighting patrons at an event on Sunday, his wife said.

Rosanna Perez was at the El Flaco Event Center in New Braunfels, Texas, after midnight on Sunday with her husband, 52-year-old Mario Saldana, when the couple saw a fight heating up in the parking lot outside. Perez told local CBS affiliate KENS that when her husband saw what was going on, she told him that they should leave. But he told her, "No, let me go tell these people to calm down, they need to stop."

As Mario Saldana attempted to intervene and "deescalate" the situation, he was allegedly stabbed multiple times by 55-year-old David Saldana (no relation) in the chest and back.

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