Crime & Safety

68-Year-Old Bay Area Stabbing Suspect Arrested: Police

The two men had been arguing and fighting prior to the stabbing, authorities said.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A 68-year-old man has been arrested after stabbing someone on Thursday in San Francisco's Mission District, police said.

Police say two men were arguing on a bus Thursday evening. They eventually got off the bus, but continued arguing and fighting, according to a daily crime summary from the San Francisco Police Department.

At some point, one of the men stabbed the other, police said. Officers found a man who'd been stabbed multiple times around 6:36 p.m. in the 2600 block of Mission Street.

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He was taken to a local hospital, according to the San Francisco Police Department, which said the wounds the man sustained in the stabbing were not considered life-threatening.

Nearby, officers arrested Silas Patino, a San Francisco resident, in connection with the stabbing, police said. They also seized a "sharp-edged weapon" from Patino during the arrest, police said.

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Police did not say what charges, if any, Patino is expected to face.

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