A 21-year-old man is in the hospital this morning with a gunshot wound after allegedly stabbing a 23-year-old in an apartment. The 23-year-old shot the 21-year-old in what is believed to be self-defense.
Officers responded to an apartment in the 2600 block of E Ave F around 2:10 am regarding subjects pounding on a door and screaming for help. Around the same time, a call came into Central Dakota Communications regarding a stabbing victim going to a local hospital.
Officers arrived at both locations and located a 21-year-old at the apartment with a gunshot wound to the chest. The officers found the 23-year-old at a local hospital with stab wounds. Interviews of witnesses indicated that the 23-year-old was stabbed multiple times in the abdomen while hanging out at the apartment. The witnesses said that he shot the 21-year-old after being stabbed, indicating that he was acting in self-defense.
Both men were treated at local hospitals and are expected to make recoveries. This case remains under investigation on the 21-year-old for Attempted Murder.