The Paso Robles Police arrested a man suspected of stabbing another last Thursday.
According to PRPD, they received a call from Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton regarding a patient with a stab wound in his torso. The victim was a 29-year-old and is unidentified. He required immediate surgery. However, he is in stable condition.
Investigators determined the incident occurred on the 2800 block of Park Street in Paso Robles. Witnesses told police they saw the victim and suspect, James Daniel Elliot, 35, were arguing. The argument took place inside the residence when it turned a physical altercation. It is unknown who owns the residence or what relation is there between the suspect and the victim.
The victim and the witnesses told police during the fight Elliot stabbed the victim and then fled the scene. It is unknown why the suspect and the victim were arguing or where the knife came from.
Elliot was arrested on Saturday around 4:15 a.m. after he tried to evade them on the 2899 block of Spring Street. He was booked into the SLO County Jail for felony assault with a deadly weapon, felony threatening crime with intent to terrorize, felony witness intimidation and misdemeanor resisting arrest. His bail was set at $50,000.
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