Teenager stabbed by sibling

Press release from Gainesville Police Department

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Gainesville Police Department responded to the scene of a stabbing yesterday afternoon. At 3:39 p.m., officers were dispatched to a home in the 500 block of NW 26th Avenue, where they found a teenager with a stab wound to his abdomen. He was transported to Shands ER as a trauma alert.

The stabbing was the result of a dispute among teenage siblings. The victim is hospitalized with a penetrating wound to the abdomen, but his condition is stabilized and not considered life-threatening. When the press release was issued, Criminal Investigation Division detectives were questioning the suspect, a juvenile female.

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