Person of interest in custody after stabbing at SEPTA's 15th Street station: police
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A person of interest was taken into custody after a male was stabbed in the back at a Center City SEPTA station early Thursday, police said.
According to the department, the male victim was stabbed after 4 a.m. in the underground mezzanine at 15th Street Station. Police said Thursday morning that a man began an argument with the victim and then stabbed him once in the lower left side of his back.
The victim ran upstairs to Dilworth Park and someone contacted 911. He was then taken to Jefferson University Hospital in stable condition.
SEPTA officials said the two people knew each other and walked together for some time without physical confrontation.
Charges are pending for the person of interest, SEPTA said.
Trolleys were temporarily bypassing 15th Street Thursday morning while police investigated the scene.
The stabbing happened one week after a 16-year-old was shot while on the Market-Frankford Line platform at the station.
Tyshaun Welles died Tuesday, days after the shooting.