Detroit Police arrest suspect who allegedly stabbed 2 people on Sunday

DETROIT, Mich. (FOX 2) - The Detroit Police Department arrested a man involved in two separate stabbing incidents on Sunday.

A safety alert was put out by DPD around 3 p.m.

"Avoid contact with unknown individuals while police investigate. Officers are actively searching for the suspect," says DPD.

Around 11:30 a.m., a man in his 60s was stabbed multiple times in the 9000 block of Dexter. He is currently in critical condition at a local hospital.

A second stabbing occurred around 12:40 p.m. in the area of Grand River and Clarendon. A man in his 60s was stabbed and is in stable condition at a local hospital, according to DPD.

"He was taken into custody in the 5000 block of Linsdale - officers were doing their canvas talking to a witness who said they might possibly know them, referred them to another house, and received consent to go through the house and to find he was in there," said Detroit police assistant police chief Charles Fitzgerald.

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