Tess Kazenoff
Police arrested a 61-year-old man on suspicion of stabbing another man at a motel in the city’s Willmore neighborhood Tuesday night, according to authorities.
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Police said they got a call about the attack around 11:10 p.m. at a motel on Pacific Avenue near 10th Street.
Medics took the victim to a local hospital to treat wounds that weren’t life-threatening, and officers determined the victim had been in an argument with the suspect, which escalated into a stabbing, according to the LBPD.
Officers arrested a suspect, Samuel Watkins, a 61-year-old Wilmington resident, after he was found nearby and matched the description provided by the victim, police said.