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Woman stabbed, injured after argument at Fort Worth motel, police say

A woman was stabbed and injured at a motel in east Fort Worth during an argument with another woman on Sunday night, Nov. 9, police said.
A woman was stabbed and injured at a motel in east Fort Worth during an argument with another woman on Sunday night, Nov. 9, police said. Fort Worth Police Department

A woman was stabbed and injured during a fight at a motel in east Fort Worth on Sunday, police said.

Fort Worth police officers were dispatched to the 5800 block of East Lancaster Avenue about 6:20 p.m. after someone called 911, police said.

When officers arrived, they found a woman with a stab wound to the upper back near the shoulder, police said.

The victim told officers that she and another woman had an argument that escalated into a fight when the suspect stabbed her, police said.


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Police said the woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

The suspect had fled the area when officers arrived, police said. No arrests have been made.

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Shambhavi Rimal
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Shambhavi covers crime, law enforcement and other breaking news in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. She graduated from the University of North Texas and previously covered a variety of general assignment topics in West Texas. She grew up in Nepal.
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