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By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / Las Vegas Review-Journal

December 30, 2021 - 10:43 am

Updated December 30, 2021 - 10:52 am

A fight between two homeless men early Thursday on the Strip escalated into a stabbing that landed one in the hospital and the other in jail, the Metropolitan Police Department said.

The stabbing was reported about 5 a.m. on a sidewalk near Las Vegas Boulevard and Mandalay Bay Road, Metro spokesman officer Aden OcampoGomez said.

The victim was hospitalized with survivable injuries, while the suspect was being booked on unspecified charges, OcampoGomez said.

Additional details were not immediately available.

Contact Ricardo Torres-Cortez at rtorres@reviewjournal.com. Follow him on Twitter @rickytwrites.

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