By FOX23 News
TULSA, Okla. — The Tulsa Police Department said they arrested a man accused of stabbing a security guard on Thursday.
Around 11:35 p.m. on Thursday, officers said they responded to a report of a stabbing at Hewgley Terrace, located near West 7th Street and South Lawton Avenue.
Authorities said they made contact with a security guard at the scene who explained that he’d gotten into an altercation with the 23-year-old suspect.
According to the security guard, he attempted to kick the suspect off the property when the fight escalated.
Police said the security guard initially thought he’d been punched by the suspect before noticing he was bleeding.
Officers said the suspect ran from the area after stabbing the security guard.
Law enforcement said they began searching the nearby area and eventually found the suspect near North Guthrie Avenue and West Archer Street.
Authorities said the suspect was carrying two knives and two screwdrivers when he was found.
The department said the suspect was taken into custody and booked into the Tulsa County Jail on an Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon charge.
