Man suffers knife wounds during fight in Marshall-Shadeland
A man is in stable condition after being slashed on the jaw and back with a knife during a fight in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Police were called to the 2600 block of California Avenue around 12:45 a.m. Police said several individuals who’d begun fighting inside a local business were escorted outside by security, where the altercation continued.
Officers arrived to find an adult male with slash wounds to his back and jaws.
Pittsburgh EMS medics treated the man at the scene and transported him to a local hospital in stable condition.
Police are reviewing security footage and interviewing witnesses.
A suspect has not been identified, police said.
Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.
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