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SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City police are investigating a stabbing early Friday morning that left a 55-year-old man with serious injuries.
The investigation started at 1:42 a.m. when officers with the department's airport patrol division received information about a person with a weapon near 200 N. 2200 West.
As officers responded, they got additional information that a fight had turned physical and resulted in a stabbing.
Arriving on the scene, officers performed life-saving measures until paramedics arrived, where the man was taken to a hospital with injuries that were serious but not life-threatening.
Police believe this is an isolated incident, as both men involved knew each other and had an "ongoing conflict prior to the stabbing," said a release from the department.
Additionally, the suspect in the stabbing is known to police, and officers and detectives are currently investigating.
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