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Columbia police tape off apartment in Benton-Stephens after stabbing

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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Columbia police have put up crime scene tape around an apartment building in the city's Benton-Stephens area after a stabbing.

Officers were called to an assault in progress in the 1600 block of Richardson Street. Police found the victim and provided them emergency care and arrested the suspect, an adult male. An ABC 17 News reporter saw multiple evidence markers and about 10 police cruisers at the scene.

The victim, also an adult male, was rushed to a hospital in critical condition.

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