San Marcos man stabbed five times trying to stop robbery

SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) – Some are calling a San Marcos man a hero after he helped stop an aggravated robbery in downtown San Marcos last month. However, when he stepped in he was stabbed five times.
Mason Ellis tells KXAN he and a woman he met the night of Sept. 30 had just left a bar when two men started hassling her. He says one of the men grabbed the woman’s wallet and took off.
“The other guy, the one who eventually stabbed me, I grabbed him and wouldn’t let him go.