A man is dead after an apparent stabbing and beheading at a Dallas motel on Wednesday morning.

Investigators say the suspect, later identified as Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, put the victim’s head in the trash. He was seen in a blood-soaked T-shirt as Dallas police took him into custody.

Members of the Dallas Police patrol unit tracked down Cobos-Martinez moments after he took off from the murder scene at the Downtown Suites.

“I’m really shocked,” Nancy Pineda said.

Pineda works next door to the motel. She says police swarmed Samuell Boulevard shortly after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.

“There was a lady who came in here and told me there was a guy running or something,” Pineda said.

A witness who did not want to be identified told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth the victim first yelled for help, then ran

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