Crime & Safety
Fight Between Rival Football Fans Ends in Stabbing Outside South Hill Restaurant
A fight outside the Puyallup Ram Restaurant and Brewery ended with a trip to the hospital and an arrest, after a St. Louis Rams fan hit a Minnesota Vikings fan in the head and stabbed him in the arm.
A fight over whose football team is better—the St. Louis Rams or Minnesota Vikings—ended with a stabbing on Sunday, Dec. 9, according to the Puyallup Police Department.
Two football fans got into an argument at the Ram Restaurant and Brewery and they took it outside, where the Rams fan hit the Vikings Fan over the head with a travel mug, then pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the arm.
The 57-year-old suspect fled to Bradley Lake Park and ditched the knife. He was tracked by police and arrested for first-degree assault. Investigators also recovered a .38-caliber handgun that the suspect allegedly tossed while fleeing the scene.
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The 29-year-old victim was treated and released from the hospital with an arm laceration, according to police.
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