Two officers injured, one stabbed in incident off of University Ave in Columbus
Two Columbus State University police officers were injured while investigating an off-campus incident.
Officers were injured as they were investigating two suspicious males at an off-campus location near University Avenue in the 3900 block.
“One officer suffered multiple stab wounds during an altercation with one of the suspects,” the university said in a statement. He was treated at a local medical facility for non-life-threatening injuries and released the same evening. The second officer had superficial wounds that did not require medical treatment.
The offender was taken into custody. “The situation posed no imminent threat to the university’s Main Campus,” the university added. This remains a developing story.
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