October 10, 2025 — Sixth Judicial District Attorney Norman R. Wheeler announced that 29-year-old Ryan Kenny is being held without bond after being charged with Attempted First-degree Murder, for violently stabbing a fellow passenger with a pocketknife on a westbound Greyhound bus on September 29th, 2025.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Clark and Deputy District Attorney Mark Abramson represented the State during the hearing. The presiding judge was the Honorable Judge Tom F. Stewart of the Sixth Judicial District Court. Judge Stewart granted the State’s Motion for Pretrial Detention, determining that KENNY poses a danger to both the victim and the community.
On September 29, 2025, while a Greyhound bus was traveling westbound through Grant County, New Mexico, several passengers saw Ryan Kenny stand up as if heading to the restroom. Moments later, he suddenly fell onto another passenger, initiating a struggle. Witnesses saw Kenny with a knife, stabbing the victim multiple times, while the victim kept fighting against Kenny.
In response, frightened passengers rushed to the front of the bus, prompting the driver to pull over at mile marker 52 on the interstate. Passengers quickly evacuated for safety.
Kenny attempted to flee the scene but was promptly apprehended by officers from the New Mexico State Police. The victim sustained multiple stab wounds and was airlifted to University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas where he is in stable condition.
