FERNDALE, Wash. -- A stabbing in Ferndale sent a man to the hospital, but the teen with the knife remains free.
A 25-year-old and 16-year-old got into a fight in the Ace Hardware parking lot Tuesday afternoon, said Ferndale Police Lieutenant Bill Hatchett.
Police initially arrested the teen, but then released him.
“All the witnesses have told us that the adult male was physically assaulting the 16-year-old male, at which time the 16-year-old male pulled out a pocketknife that he carries in his pocket, and used it against the adult male,” said Hatchett.
“After questioning him, getting his story and some witness statements, and then consultation with the prosecutor’s office, it was determined that no charges would be brought on the juvenile at this time,” he said.
The man was taken to Saint Joseph Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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