Two people were taken to area hospitals – one with critical injuries – after a stabbing at a Northwest Baltimore gas station, city police said.
The stabbing was reported at about 10:45 a.m. at the intersection of Liberty Heights and Gwynn Oak, in the Howard Park neighborhood, said Detective Jeremy Silbert, a police spokesman. He said two men got into an argument with another man, who produced an undetermined sharp object and stabbed them.
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At the scene, a trail of blood was visible from a gas pump to in front of the gas station. A crime scene technician flagged items of interest and took pictures as detectives huddled behind the gas station.
The victims were taken to a local hospital where one of them was suffering from life-threatening injuries, police said. Homicide detectives were notified and were investigating, police said.
Police were looking for a black male with dreadlocks, and were reviewing surveillance camera footage.
The incident was initially reported by the Police Department as having occurred at the intersection of Liberty Heights and Reisterstown Road.