1 arrested after stabbing in Maplewood; victim in critical condition
MAPLEWOOD, Minn. -- One man is fighting for his life and another is in custody following a stabbing Friday afternoon in the east metro.
The Maplewood Police Department says officers responded around 1:45 p.m. to a stabbing at an apartment building on the 300 block of Larpenteur Avenue East. Maplewood is an eastern suburb of St. Paul.
First-responders found a 30-year-old man with multiple stab wounds at the scene. Emergency crews brought the victim to Regions Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.
Investigators quickly identified a suspect and arrested him. The man was booked into the Ramsey County Jail pending charges of second-degree assault.
The stabbing remains under investigation.
