Man charged with stabbing taco vendor

SALT LAKE CITY -- A man accused of stabbing a Salt Lake taco vendor last Sunday told police he believed the vendor was in a rival gang.

Police say when one of the men said they were from Guatemala, Baker stabbed him in the chest with a long knife.Baker is being held in Salt Lake County Jail under a $25,000 bail.Kennard Clarence Baker, 20, was charged with second-degree felony aggravated assault in the 3rd District Court. Documents say Baker approached two men working at a taco cart at 910 W. North Temple on April 18 and asked the men where they were from, according to charges filed Thursday.The victim was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition.Police say they saw the suspect running from the scene and went behind a building across the street where he threw a knife over a chain link fence into a yard, charges state.

-- Lana Groves