It started with two friends drinking and ended with a pickaxe fight, police say

A night of drinking for two friends ended in a trip to the hospital after the men stabbed each other with a pickaxe, Fort Worth police say.

Officers were dispatched about 1:47 a.m. Thursday to a report of a cutting in the 5700 block of Geddes Avenue.

According to Fort Worth police spokesman Tracy Carter, two friends had been drinking at the residence when they attacked each other with a pickaxe.

“One suspect fled the scene and was located by officers at his residence,” Carter said.

Carter said both men suffered multiple stab wounds and were taken to a local hospital for treatment. Their injuries appeared to be non life-threatening, he said.

One of the men, Donald Ray Clemmons, 52, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was being held in the Mansfield jail Friday with bail set at $100,000.

The other injured man, 53-year-old Darren Washington, was not arrested and is listed as a victim in the aggravated assault report.

“The officers, at the time, felt that the suspect was the primary aggressor,” Carter said.

This story was originally published September 22, 2017 at 10:35 AM with the headline "It started with two friends drinking and ended with a pickaxe fight, police say."