Winston-Salem police rushed to a shopping center on Waughtown Street on Friday afternoon after officers found a woman with multiple stab wounds behind the building. She was taken to a hospital, but her condition has not been released.
Officers responded at about 1:40 p.m. on Friday to a reported stabbing at 3015 Waughtown Street, according to abc45.com. When officers arrived, they located a female victim in the rear of the shopping center with multiple stab wounds, the outlet reported. The woman was then taken to a local medical facility for treatment.
Her condition was not available, abc45.com reported, and investigators said the circumstances surrounding the stabbing remained unknown because the case is an active investigation. The names of both the victim and the suspect were temporarily withheld as the investigation continues.
What Police Have Confirmed So Far
FOX8 WGHP similarly reported that Winston-Salem police responded to the reported stabbing in the 3000 block of Waughtown Street around 1:40 p.m. Friday and found the woman in the back of the shopping center. The station reported that police are withholding information about the suspect's identity for the time being as the investigation moves forward.
WXII12 placed the location near Reynolds Park Road and reported that the woman's condition remained unknown as of its report. The station also said officers had not reported an arrest in the case.
A Separate Earlier Incident Nearby
The Friday stabbing is not the only violent incident reported along Waughtown Street in recent years. Journalnow.com previously reported that a man who had been stabbed collapsed on the sidewalk on a Monday night at the corner of Waughtown Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, according to witnesses cited in that report.
In a separate Monday-night incident reported by WXII12, an argument on Junia Avenue preceded a stabbing in which the suspect struck the victim multiple times before fleeing the area. The victim ran to Waughtown Street and was taken to a hospital in stable condition, the station reported, describing the suspect as a Black male between 25 and 30 years old wearing a black jacket and brown pants. WXII12 noted at the time that the investigation was still in its early stages. It is not established whether these separate reports describe the same incident or how they relate to Friday's stabbing.
Winston-Salem police have not released additional details about Friday's case, and the circumstances that led to the stabbing remain under investigation.
