Man stabbed in Piedmont Park in critical condition
August 8, 2009 at 4:15 pm by Thomas Wheatley in NewsWSB-TV reports that a man stabbed early Saturday morning in Piedmont Park is in critical condition and expected to undergo surgery at Grady Hospital.
Investigators said two men got into an altercation near a lake inside the park at about 3: 30 a.m.
Police said the perpetrator punched the victim twice and then stabbed him twice in the stomach.
Authorities said it was unclear if the victim knew the perpetrator.
Police described the perpetrator as a “black male, between 5 feet 4 inches and 5 feet 6 inches tall, carrying a backpack.”
This morning’s attack is the second after-hours crime in Piedmont Park to make headlines this year. On May 28, 43-year-old Patrick Boland was killed near the same lake.
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