Traffic Argument Leads To Stabbing

Tue., May 20, 1997

From Staff And Wire Reports

A Spokane man was stabbed Sunday following a traffic dispute near Perry and Baldwin, police said.

The 32-year-old victim was riding in a car about 4 a.m. when he and the driver began arguing with two people in another car, police said.

Both cars stopped on Perry, and all four men got out. The driver of the second car pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim three times in the shoulder and lower back, police said.

The wounds were not life-threatening.

The attacker and his friend then jumped into their red 1983 or 1984 Ford Thunderbird and drove away.

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