A person was stabbed in Southwest Atlanta early Sunday morning, suffering a wound to the neck before being listed in stable condition. The attack happened in the 3000 block of Delmar Lane SW, according to Atlanta police.
Details remain scarce. As reported by 11Alive, Atlanta police confirmed the location and the nature of the victim's injury, but the outlet said it was still working to learn more about what led to the stabbing. No further information about a suspect, a timeline, or the circumstances surrounding the attack has been released.
A Troubling Pattern Near the Atlanta BeltLine
The Delmar Lane stabbing lands amid a string of violent knife attacks that have rattled the Atlanta area this year, though it is not known whether this latest incident is connected to any of them. In August, a 29-year-old man was fatally stabbed in the neck near the Atlanta BeltLine and died at Grady Memorial Hospital, according to USA Today. Police detained 54-year-old Jonathan Hamby at the scene of that stabbing, and a knife was recovered, the outlet reported.
Investigators said that August attack stemmed from an argument between two men that escalated, and that it was not random, per the same report. About three months earlier, in May, 23-year-old Alyssa Paige was fatally stabbed while running on the BeltLine in the middle of the day, USA Today noted, a case that drew widespread attention to safety concerns along the popular trail system.
No arrest, weapon, or motive has been identified in connection with the early Sunday morning stabbing on Delmar Lane SW, and police have not released the victim's identity. Hoodline will update this story as more information becomes available.
