Update Via RCPD, 2:54 p.m. – “The injured male located in the area of 525 E. North Street is identified as 40-year-old Jesse Torres of Rapid City. Police have identified Torres as the stabbing suspect. Through the course of the investigation, police have determined his injuries were likely unintentionally self-inflicted as he stabbed the other male. He has since been placed under arrest for Attempted Murder in relation to the stabbing incident and transported to the Pennington County Jail”.
RAPID CITY, SD — A stabbing incident in a residential area has left two wounded in what has been determined as a knife fight.
According to RCPD reports, officers were dispatched around 5:50 a.m. in response to the incident in which one man was reported as having been stabbed. Police quickly located this man and rendered first aid onto wounds located on the mans’ torso.
“While responding to the location, police were notified of another individual who was reporting being stabbed,” said Brendyn Medina with the RCPD. Officers located the second man at the gas station located at 525 E. North Street, finding that he had stab wounds located on his arm.
The matter is still under investigation, and at the time of writing both parties have been transported to the hospital due to non-life-threatening, but still significant injuries. Police believe the wounds to be the result of an altercation between the two individuals, but as of now do not appear to have determined an instigator, if one does exist.
No charges have been filed against either party at this time.
