Police arrest two after late-night Stadium Avenue stabbings
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A fight resulted in two people being stabbed on Stadium Avenue on Sunday morning, and police have made two arrests.
According to a press release from the West Lafayette Police Department, police were called at 1:46 a.m. Sunday to the 300 block of Stadium Avenue, responding to a report of a person being stabbed. Police officers found two subjects in the area with stab wounds. Both subjects are being treated at local hospitals for their injuries.
Detectives interviewed several individuals and arrested Quinten Stamper, 19, on a charge of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and Matthew Longcor, 18, on charges of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon and theft.
According to West Lafayette Police Sgt. John Watson, there are few details available about the stabbings, but police do know the nature of the crime.
“It was a fight,” he said. “It’s all still being investigated by our detective division.
“We just don’t have anything else to provide at this time,” he said.
According to Watson, the identities of the two stab victims aren’t being released yet.