Crime & Safety
Man Stabbed, Another Shot With Taser After Dispute: Police
An argument between two people in Silver Spring ended with one man stabbed in the arm and another facing charges.
SILVER SPRING, MD — An overnight argument that broke out between two men on Thursday ended with one man stabbed and another shot by a Taser.
Montgomery County Police said officials were called to the 12500 block of Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring at 1:45 a.m. for a report of a man stabbed in the arm.
Both police and first responders with the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service were dispatched to the area.
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The injured man was later hospitalized and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The second individual, however, was shot with a Taser while resisting arrest.
Police told DC News Now that the stabbing took place after the two men got into an argument. Both had been intoxicated.
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The second man was treated at the hospital before being transferred to the Central Processing Unit. He is facing first-degree assault charges, WJLA reported.
Police have not publicly identified either man involved in the incident.
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