Family dispute over contract work leads to stabbing in Port Arthur

Published 1:19 pm Tuesday, May 28, 2019

A family disturbance over money and contract work on a house led to a man reportedly stabbing his son-in-law on Friday.

Port Arthur police were called around 9:50 p.m. Friday to the 3900 block of Seventh Street where they found that a 46-year-old man had been stabbed numero

us times by a family member. A detective with the PAPD said the victim was stabbed from behind and suffered injuries to his neck and head.

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The victim was sent to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont where he was treated and released and medical staff directed him to follow-up with an optometrist.

The suspect, age 62, was located and arrested for aggravated assault.

PAPD’s Criminal Investigations Division is handling the case.