Security Guard Stabbed Outside Water Street Music Hall
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The security officer, a male in his late 20s whose name was not released, was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Rochester, N.Y. – A 35-year-old Buffalo man was charged with assault in the second degree following a stabbing incident on North Water Street in downtown Rochester about 1:20 this morning.
Capt. John Koonmen of the Rochester Police Department said that a security officer was escorting a group of people who had been involved in an altercation inside the Water Street Music Hall outside of the venue when one of the patrons allegedly stabbed the security officer in the stomach with a knife.
The victim was taken to Strong Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The Buffalo man charged in the incident, whose name was not released by police, was arrested at the scene, Koonmen said.
