One person injured in stabbing at Cedar Rapids hospital

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA - One person was injured following a stabbing at a Cedar Rapids hospital this afternoon.

The stabbing happened in the west parking ramp at Unity Point St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids shortly after 12 p.m.

Police said there was a domestic situation taking place in the parking ramp between a man and a woman.

A bystander attempted to intervene and was stabbed several times by the man involved in the domestic dispute.

The victim was able to walk to the hospital's emergency room and is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.

The suspect was taken into custody.


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