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Stabbing incident in Atlantic, suspect in custody

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May 5th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – A man suspected of stabbing another man Thursday afternoon in Atlantic, was taken into custody after he barricaded himself in the area of 13th and Birch, and then fought with law enforcement. According to dispatch information, a male subject at 109 Cedar Street** suffered apparent non-life threatening injuries during the incident that happened at around 2:30-p.m.

While Police were on the scene investigating, they learned a man was barricaded in a residence about 10 blocks south of there. The suspect was taken into custody at around 2:45-p.m. Additional information is currently unavailable.

**Police said later, the address was 106 Cedar. Not 109 as in the initial dispatch**