INDIANAPOLIS — Newly released court documents show that a man who was stabbed in downtown Indianapolis early Saturday morning was not involved in a fight with a food delivery driver, contrary to initial reports.

Mark Sanchez was found with multiple stab wounds outside Loughmiller’s Pub on West Washington Street around 12:35 a.m. He was taken to Eskenazi Hospital, where he was stable. Another man, who had a cut on his face, was found nearby in an alley behind the Westin Hotel and treated at Methodist Hospital.

According to surveillance video and witness statements, Sanchez approached the second man — who was not a food delivery driver, but an employee servicing restaurant oil containers behind the hotel. The man told investigators Sanchez appeared drunk, claimed to have spoken to hotel ma

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