A man was stabbed in the Piedmont Neighborhood and was transported to the hospital with a serious injury.

On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 6:21p.m., North Precinct officers were dispatched to a report of a stabbing in the 7600 block of North Mississippi Avenue. Officers arrived and located the victim, an adult male, who appeared to be suffering from a stab wound. He was conscious and able to tell the officers that he had just been stabbed a block away. The victim was transported to a hospital by ambulance.

Officers located a crime scene in the area of North Baldwin Street and North Missouri Avenue. They searched for the suspect using a K9 unit, but they were unsuccessful in located the suspect.

Preliminary information is that the suspect is a person known to the victim. Assault detectives are investigating.

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