A 60-year-old Centralia man was arrested Saturday after a stabbing in George Washington Park, according to the Centralia Police Department.
Eduardo Reynoso-Herrera was arrested for first-degree assault after police responded to the park in the 100 block of South Silver Street just after 10 p.m.
Officers were called to a report of a male subject who had been stabbed in the chest.
The suspect, Reynoso-Herrera, had fled the scene.
“An associate of the victim provided information leading to the identity of the suspect who was later taken into custody without incident,” police stated in a news release. “The altercation was said to be an ongoing dispute between the victim and the suspect. The knife was recovered and the victim remains hospitalized pending surgery.”
This article will be updated.
