Denver police spent part of Tuesday investigating a stabbing in the 1300 block of Josephine Street, sending one victim to a local hospital. The area, located near the University of Denver, remained the focus of the investigation.
The Denver Police Department first flagged the incident in a social media alert, saying officers were investigating a stabbing in the 1300 block of Josephine Street and that one victim had been taken to a hospital, though the extent of the injuries was unknown at the time, according to the Denver Police Dept.
Police said the investigation was ongoing and that officers were working to develop suspect information as the situation unfolded.
A separate KDVR report concerned a May 13, 2025, stabbing. KDVR reported that the stabbing happened near Evans Avenue and Josephine Street, where police located one victim whose condition remained unknown. The station later reported that police believed that stabbing was self-inflicted.
Area Cleared, No Threat to Campus Found
In its report on the May 13, 2025, incident, the station noted that police and Campus Safety had cleared the area by 1:11 p.m. A University of Denver alert said there was no threat to the campus community, according to that account. Those updates followed within hours of the initial alert.
Tuesday's incident adds to a string of stabbings police have investigated across Denver in recent weeks. A separate stabbing in the 3300 block of South Irving Street hospitalized one victim whose injuries were of unknown severity, with officers working to develop possible suspect information and no arrest or suspect description released, Hoodline previously reported.
Other Recent Stabbings Across the City
Downtown, a stabbing near 19th Street and Larimer Street sent one victim to the hospital, and police later announced one arrest; that victim was expected to survive after reportedly being stabbed three times, per a separate Hoodline report. Hoodline noted that accounts differed over the exact location and number of people arrested in that case and said it could not independently resolve the discrepancies.
In Capitol Hill, two people were taken to the hospital after a reported stabbing in the 1100 block of N. Logan Street, not the Josephine Street area involved in Tuesday's incident, according to Denver7. Officials said around 4:30 p.m. that a suspect was in custody in that case. Separately, Denver police investigated a stabbing in the Globeville neighborhood that left multiple people injured, according to CBS Colorado, which reported the incident occurred in the 5100 block of N. Sherman Street at about 6:22 p.m. and left four people with non-life-threatening wounds in what police believed was a domestic disturbance.
Citywide Trends Show Mixed Picture
Zooming out, citywide data cited by Hoodline shows aggravated-assault reports down 9.2% compared with the same period in 2025, with overall violent crime down 8.1%. Denver logged 1,877 aggravated-assault incidents between January 1 and July 1, 2026, down from 2,069 the year before, per that report. At the same time, the city recorded 26 homicides from January 1 through July 1 — up 37% from the same period the previous year, the report noted, underscoring that declines in some violent-crime categories haven't translated across the board.
The Josephine Street case follows a pattern seen elsewhere this year in Denver, where stabbings have ranged from isolated incidents to broader sprees. A January 2025 stabbing spree, for instance, included three stabbings within 42 minutes on a Saturday and a fourth the following day, leaving two victims dead and two hospitalized, according to Hoodline's reporting. No such pattern has been reported in connection with Tuesday's incident near Josephine Street.
