A 54-year-old man was stabbed multiple times near East 46th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on Monday night, and Tulsa police are still trying to figure out who did it. Officers arrived at a home around 10:30 p.m. and found the victim bleeding from several wounds before paramedics rushed him to a hospital.
According to News On 6, Tulsa police are investigating the stabbing, which was reported Monday night in the north Tulsa neighborhood. The victim told officers he had been attacked while walking home from a nearby convenience store, though police said his condition limited how much he could tell them about what happened.
For now, police are relying on the public for leads. Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to contact Tulsa Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS.
A Separate Case From North Tulsa in September
The Monday night stabbing is not connected to an earlier north Tulsa case, but it does mark the second knife attack to draw police attention to the area in recent months. In late September, Tulsa police arrested a 16-year-old accused of stabbing a 15-year-old at the California Event Center, according to KTUL.
In that incident, officers found the 15-year-old victim near the venue entrance with a severe knife wound to his upper left chest, KTUL reported. Police said a verbal argument broke out before the 16-year-old suspect pulled a knife and stabbed the victim, and witnesses pointed out the suspect in the parking lot, allowing officers to take him into custody quickly.
That victim was treated at St. Francis Hospital, where he received staples before being discharged in stable condition, per KTUL. The 16-year-old suspect was charged as a youthful offender with assault and battery with a deadly weapon and booked into the Tulsa County Juvenile Detention Center.
What Comes Next
No arrests have been announced in Monday night's stabbing near East 46th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, and police have not released additional details about the victim's condition since he was taken to the hospital. Investigators continue to lean on tips from the community as they work to piece together what happened to the 54-year-old man on his walk home.
