Police on the lookout for suspect who stabbed man on Wall Street



Hour Staff Writer

A man was stabbed Tuesday night, but it is unclear if he knew the alleged assailant, police said.

At approximately 8 p.m. Tuesday, a 47-year-old man left the Compadres restaurant at the corner of Commerce and Wall Street and was allegedly stabbed on the corner of Wall Street and Main Street. He said he was stabbed with a knife in the right wrist and the upper left buttock by a man he described as a 5-foot-5-inch Hispanic male in a black T-shirt.

When police arrived, the victim had moved to 22 Wall St. behind the El Mexicano restaurant and said he was stabbed by a man around the corner. It is unclear if he and the other man were acquainted.

The victim's friend, who had followed him outside the restaurant to see where he was going, saw the suspect get into a gray car, possibly a Nissan Sentra or Maxima, before he began driving north on Main Street.

The detective unit is investigating.