Man suffers critical stab wound in Fresno County Easter Sunday fight, deputies say
A man was stabbed during a fight in Fresno County on Easter Sunday.
Deputies said the altercation took place at noon in the parking lot of a gas station near Lincoln and Elm Avenues in Easton.
Deputies said a fight broke out and a knife was used at some point. The group fled in a vehicle before deputies arrived.
Officers with the Fresno Police Department responded to a crash in the area of Fresno and R Streets involving a car that matched the one that fled from the Easton gas station.
Officers detained everyone in the car for questioning. They learned one of the other men who was originally in the car was gone.
A passerby picked him up and took him to the hospital because he was suffering from a stab wound. He is listed in critical condition at Community Regional Medical Center.
The man originally approached at the gas station suffered minor injuries during the fight, deputies said.
Deputies are interviewing the involved parties and determining what arrests might need to be made.
