Six Injured in Stabbing in Downtown Hoboken

Six people suffered stab wounds after an altercatoin at the Central Parking System parking lot at 1 Washington St., police said. 

One of the victims, a 30-year-old Bloomfield man, told police officers that he and his friends—the other five victims—had been enjoying a night out at Teak Lounge. When they left to retreive their car at the parking lot, police said, they saw three people in the lot arguing with each other. 

The group of unknnown people was made up of one woman and two men, according to reports. All of a sudden, the three people turned their attention to the six victims, police said. 

The woman was arguing awith one of the males when suddenly their attention shifted to the victim and his friends.

"It happened so quick," the victim told police. After a quick shouting match, the altercation turned physical, police said. Shortly after police arrived at the scene and broke up the fight, according to the police report. 

It wasn't until the six friends got into their car that they realized they were bleeding and had been stabbed, police said.

"We were bleeding a lot," the 30-year-old victim told police. "My back started burning," he added, "then I found out I had been stabbed."

They drove themselves to Christ hospital, police said. The Bloomfield man sustained nine shallow bleeding stab wounds on his back as well as a laceration above his left eye, police said. 

A second victim—a 27-year-old man from Edison—sustained a swelling to both eyes and a laceration under his left eye and a wound to his right elbow, police said. 

A third victim—a 24-year-old man from Belleville—told police that the three alleged assailants left the scene of the fight in a Pathfinder.  

"The female stabbed me and kicked me to the side of the head," said another victim, a 26-year-old from Nutley. He said the woman was about 5-foot-5 and had brown hair. 

Two 21-year-old women—one from Toms River and one from Belleville—were with the group were also hurt in the fight, police said. 

Police recovered a bloody t-shirt and a knife from the scene, but no arrests were made. 

The victims were treated at Christ Hospital in Jersey City.