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A man has been arrested after stabbing himself and six others in a Washington, D.C. neighborhood, ABC News reports.
On Thursday (April 3), a man who was in an "altered mental state" from an unknown substance started stabbing people in the Trinidad neighborhood around Montello Avenue and Meigs Place NE, police said.
"Officers arrived on scene in less than a minute and located numerous people suffering from stab wounds," D.C. Chief Pamela Smith said in a statement.
According to police, the suspect stabbed himself while walking down the street before he stabbed a female acquaintance who was with him. The man then stabbed other people who were outside on the block, including two Good Samaritans trying to intervene in the situation.
Police said four women and two men were taken to local hospitals, where they were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The victims are currently in stable condition.
The suspect was located on the ground in the area, and the knife believed to have been used in the stabbing was recovered a few feet away from him. He was also taken to the hospital and is in surgery, Smith said.
"This incident highlights the need for assistance of substance abuse issues in our communities," the police chief noted
Smith applauded the two good Samaritans for their intervention but warned against taking such action in these types of incidents.
"Even though we're grateful for their intervention, we would ask that individuals who see incidents such as this to not intervene because these two individuals, although good Samaritans, were also stabbed as part of this assault," Smith said.
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