Altercation, Stabbing Leaves Victim Hospitalized With Puncture Wounds

A fight by two men in a nearby parking lot, has led to a 27-year-old man being stabbed twice in his upper body on Sunday night in Brandon.  At approximately 2:05 a.m. Brandon Police received a report of a possible stabbing in the 200 block of 17^th St N.  Police eventually located the victim at his apartment in the 200 block of 18^th St N where he was transported by ambulance to receive treatment and surgery for the puncture wounds.  The injuries are non-life-threating and the identity of the other man involved in the fight is unknown at this time.