Police: Man stabbed while pushing a child in a stroller in Columbia

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Columbia Police Department (CPD) reported a 47-year-old man was taken to the hospital after being stabbed while pushing a child in a stroller.

Officers said the man was stabbed on the 600 block of Holly Street just before noon on Monday, May 22.

According to authorities, a suspect was arrested two minutes after law enforcement received the emergency call.

A man has been taken to a local hospital after being stabbed while pushing a child in a stroller at the 600 block of a Holly Street shortly before noon. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/IHJNZnQA1Y
— Columbia Police Dept (@ColumbiaPDSC) May 22, 2023

CPD investigators are working to gather more information about the incident.

Police said the child the man was carrying in the stroller was not injured but was taken to the hospital as a precaution.

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