SIDNEY — An argument led to a fight, and then a stabbing in Sidney Saturday night.
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Now, a man is in the hospital in critical condition, and police are looking into what led up to the violence.
Ed Stegemoller lives just a few houses down from the intersection of Jefferson and Broadway in Sidney.
He’s lived here for decades and likes the neighborhood.
He said what happened here on Saturday is not the norm.
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“You’ll occasionally see emergency squads for people in the neighborhood, accidents, those kinds of things, but not nothing like this,” he said.
Stegemoller said he and his wife didn’t see the emergency scenes Saturday night; they went to bed about 30 minutes before the police and fire response.
Neighbors started talking about it Sunday morning.
“The neighbor next door works second shift. So he came home while that was still going on,” Stegemoller said.
Sidney police said two men were arguing inside a home on the block when the argument turned physical, then violent.
Police said a 42-year-old man was bleeding after he was stabbed in the neck and face area and had to go to the hospital in critical condition.
A 49-year-old man used a knife and was detained at the scene, but later released, police said.
“It’s obviously never a good thing when there’s violence in your neighborhood,” Stegemoller said. “But it’s not a worry point for us.”
Sidney police say their investigation is still open and that as of now, they have not arrested anyone.
We will continue to follow this story.
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