Knife fight sends three to hospital
Three people were cut during a knife fight Sunday evening outside Bybeewood Apartments, sending two of the combatants for critical care treatment at Erlanger.
The injured, Alejandro Diaz, Jose Diaz and Rodrigo Gomez were all treated at River Park for various knife wounds Sunday night. Alejandro Diaz and Gomez were later sent to Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga aboard LifeForce helicopter for treatment of deep cuts. The other man was kept at River Park for treatment of a head wound.
Police were summoned to the apartment complex just after 10 p.m. Sunday and stopped a van containing two of the bleeding victims as they were trying to leave the scene. Both men had sustained serious wounds and were bleeding profusely.
Police reported finding “a large amount of blood on the ground” when they walked around the complex in search of any other combatants. However, they did not receive a large amount of information from potential witnesses as police say they are not receiving much cooperation from the men regarding the fight. Lawmen suspect the knife fight was started due to a disagreement.
One of the men reportedly claimed he was slashed by a 10-inch blade while evidence found at the scene, in the form of blood-covered broken glass, suggested one of the men may have improvised and made a weapon by breaking a glass bottle. Charges are pending.