A man in his 30s was hospitalized in serious condition Friday afternoon after being stabbed outside a Buddy's Pizza restaurant near Comerica Park in downtown Detroit. Police arrested a man in his 20s at the scene, and the circumstances surrounding the attack remain under investigation.
The stabbing happened around 4 p.m. Friday on the 1500 block of Broadway Street, according to ClickOnDetroit. Police found the man suffering from stab wounds, and medics transported him to a metro Detroit hospital, where he was listed in temporary serious condition, the outlet reported. The attack took place outside the first downtown Buddy's Pizza location at 1565 Broadway Street, a 7,000-square-foot restaurant inside the historic Madison Building that opened directly across from the Detroit Opera House in December 2019, according to DBusiness Magazine.
Buddy's Pizza carries deep roots in Detroit history. The chain traces back to 1946, when it opened at Six Mile Road and Conant Street and became known for inventing the original Detroit-style square pizza, baked in forged blue-steel automotive drip pans sourced from local auto factories, per the same DBusiness account.
Suspect Taken Into Custody at the Scene
Police said the suspect, a man in his 20s, was arrested at the scene and taken to the Detroit Detention Center, according to the ClickOnDetroit report. The facility, located at 17601 Mound Road, is a centralized 200-bed intake site originally established in 2013 on the grounds of the former Mound Correctional Facility, according to the State of Michigan. Management of that facility fully transitioned back to the Detroit Police Department in mid-2025 after twelve years under the Michigan Department of Corrections, as reported by Police1.
Charges against the suspect have not yet been detailed publicly, but Michigan law offers prosecutors a range of options depending on the victim's recovery and evidence of intent. Under Section 750.84, assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder is a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Fourth Downtown Knife Attack in 41 Days
Friday's stabbing marks the latest in a string of violent knife incidents in Detroit's downtown commercial core. Less than three weeks earlier, on September 20, 34-year-old Chipotle worker Jaquoya Wix was fatally stabbed in an alley near Woodward Avenue in what police described as a random attack, according to Deadline Detroit. The suspect in that case was later ordered to undergo a competency exam.
The following day, September 21, a woman in her 30s was fatally stabbed near Woodward Avenue and East Congress Street, leading to a suspect's arrest near Woodward and State Street, as Hoodline previously reported. On August 29, 41 days before Friday's stabbing, a man was stabbed multiple times outside Mike's Fresh Market following a verbal dispute, with the suspect initially fleeing the scene.
Violence in Downtown Detroit
The cluster of downtown knife attacks stands in contrast to broader citywide trends. Detroit recorded 165 criminal homicides in 2025, an 18.7% decrease from 2024 and the city's lowest annual murder total since 1965, according to the Associated Press. Nonfatal shootings also fell, dropping to 447 in 2025 from 603 the year before, while case clearance rates rose above 70% following a city program that embeds assistant county prosecutors directly inside police precinct stations, per the City of Detroit.
Police have not released additional details about a possible motive in Friday's stabbing, and the investigation remains ongoing.
