A stabbing outside a Rosedale restaurant Monday sent a 50-year-old man to the hospital, Baltimore County police reported.

Police were called to the scene in a parking lot of a Panera Bread store in the 8600 block of Petrie Way at 1:15 p.m., according to Cpl. Jim Elliott.

Officers found the victim with stab wounds to the neck. The man was taken to Johns Hopkins' Bayview Medical Center, Elliott said. His condition was not released.

Elliott said it was not immediately clear whether the stabbing was the result of a robbery or a dispute. The suspect ran from the scene.

WBAL-TV reported that a 15-year-old boy, who was known to the victim, was arrested nearby a short time later. Elliott said the names of neither the victim or the suspect had been released.

frank.roylance@baltsun.com