A Halloween night stabbing in Duluth's Lincoln Park neighborhood sent two men to the hospital and landed a man and a woman in custody, with police saying all four people involved knew each other. Officers found a 36-year-old man and a 33-year-old man suffering from apparent stab wounds near West 3rd Street and North 28th Avenue West on Saturday, and both were reported in stable condition after being taken to local hospitals.
According to Northern News Now, officers arrested a 31-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman in connection with the attack. The station reported that the pair were booked at the St. Louis County Jail on charges of first-degree aggravated robbery and second-degree assault. A different account from the Fox 21 News described the same booking at the jail for both offenses, matching that version of events.
A separate report from the Duluth News Tribune offered a different picture of the suspects' legal status, stating the two were awaiting expected charges of second-degree assault and first-degree aggravated robbery rather than having already been booked on those counts. The newspaper placed the initial call in the 2700 block of West Third Street at about 5:13 p.m. Saturday, while WDIO reported officers responded to the call around 5:15 p.m. that same evening.
Police Say Everyone Involved Knew Each Other
WDIO reported that police said the parties involved in the stabbing were known to each other, though the outlet did not detail the nature of that relationship or what led to the confrontation. The investigation remained active as of Sunday, per the same account, with no further details released about what preceded the attack.
Duluth police asked anyone with information about the incident to come forward. Investigators are urging tipsters to contact the Duluth Police Department at 218-730-5050.
A Pattern of Stabbings Along West Duluth Corridor
This is not the first stabbing reported along the West 2nd and West 3rd street corridor in recent memory. In an earlier, separate case, WDIO reported that a woman was hospitalized after being stabbed in the 2000 block of West 2nd Street, with her injuries described as non-life-threatening. A 25-year-old suspect in that incident was taken into custody and held pending assault charges, according to the same report, and there is no reported connection to Saturday's attack.
What Minnesota Law Says About the Potential Charges
Under Minnesota law, first-degree aggravated robbery carries a potential sentence of up to 20 years in prison, a fine of up to $35,000, or both, according to the Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Assault with a dangerous weapon that inflicts substantial bodily harm, meanwhile, is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, a fine of up to $20,000, or both, per the same office's published statute language.
Whether the 31-year-old man and 25-year-old woman have been formally charged or are still awaiting charges remains unclear given the conflicting accounts from local outlets. Police have not released additional information about what sparked the confrontation or how the two injured men came to be stabbed, and the case remains under investigation.
