Wheelchair stabbing being investigated

SAN DIEGO - A man in a wheelchair stood up and stabbed another man in the neck with a screwdriver outside a Swan Canyon liquor store, then ran off with a companion pushing the empty chair, San Diego police said Sunday.

The attack happened about 9 last night in the 3200 block of Fairmount Avenue, SDPD Sgt. Bob Dare said.

The victim and his friends had just come out of the store when the suspect and another man confronted them, police said.

The victim was taken by his friends to a hospital for treatment and was expected to survive.

The stabbing suspect was about 5 feet 9 inches and 155 pounds with a goatee mustache, police said.

His companion was about 17 years old, 5 feet 6 inches and 135 pounds with a shaved head, police said. He wore a dark blue hooded sweatshirt, Dare said.

Gang detectives were investigating the stabbing.