Stabbing in Conn. Garage Leads to Cruiser Crash
STAMFORD, Conn. -- Police are looking for four men in connection with the stabbing of a 31-year-old city man in the Bell Street garage early Sunday morning.
The man received several stitches to close a non-life threatening stab wound to his neck, police Sgt. Paul Guzda said.
A Stamford officer responding to the stabbing was hospitalized along with four other people after his cruiser was involved in an accident.
Guzda said police were called to the 28 Bell St. garage on an assault report at 2:09 a.m.
Friends of the victim told police that before the assault, he had a verbal dispute with the four men, Guzda said.
After a few minutes, the four attacked the man, first striking him in the head with a bottle before stabbing him in the neck.
The assailants fled, and the victim's friends took him to Stamford Hospital, Guzda said.
Police are seeking surveillance footage from the garage in hopes of identifying the suspects.
Five people, including Officer Christopher Petrizzi, were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after Petrizzi's 2010 Ford Crown Victoria, slammed into a Honda Ridgeline as the Honda attempted to make a U-turn from the northbound side of Washington Boulevard at Hoyt Street.
Witnesses said both vehicles had green lights, but "No Left Turn" signs are posted on the northbound side of Washington Boulevard where the crash took place, police said.
Petrizzi suffered broken bones in the accident and may be out of work for several weeks, Stamford police Sgt. Andrew Gallagher said.
Four others, including the Honda's driver, Victoria Church, 24, of Dale Street, Stamford, were treated and released from the hospital.
Church was cited Monday for attempting to make an illegal U-turn, police said and faces a $123 fine if she pleads guilty to the ticket, Gallagher said.
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