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Man stabbed in neck during fight inside Arlington Heights home

A stabbing in the Arlington Heights neighborhood sent a man to the hospital with serious injuries Saturday night.

It happened around 8 p.m. on the 300 block of S. Fillmore Street, between Columbia Pike and Route 50. A man was stabbed in the neck during a fight inside a house, according to scanner traffic. Police, already on scene after being dispatched there an hour-and-a-half earlier for another fight, reportedly encountered blood-splattered walls and found the injured man.

The victim was treated on scene before being rushed to a local trauma center. He’s expected to survive.

“The adult male transported to the hospital is now in stable condition w/ non-life threatening injuries,” Arlington County police said on social media at 9:20 p.m. “Several individuals have been detained as a part of the investigation. Expect a continued PD presence. S. Fillmore St. between 5th St. S. & 2nd St. S. remains closed.”

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