Erie police are searching for a suspect after a man was stabbed in the chest during a suspected fight at a westside tavern on the early morning of Nov. 16.<\/p>\n
Police learned of the stabbing Nov. 16 at about 2:15 a.m. after a 23-year-old man walked in to UPMC Hamot with a stab wound to the chest, Deputy Chief Rick Lorah said Nov. 17. The man was taken to the hospital by private vehicle, he said.<\/p>\n
More: Erie police searching for suspect in the reported stabbing of a man on Chestnut Street<\/a><\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The man who was stabbed told police only that he was walking on Chestnut Street when an unknown man banged into him and a fight ensued, Lorah said. Police later learned that there was a reported fight at a tavern in the area involving at least six people, he said.<\/p>\n Erie police detectives are following up on the incident, according to Lorah. Updated information on the stabbing victim’s condition was not available Nov. 17.<\/p>\n Contact Tim Hahn at\u00a0thahn@gannett.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n