BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing in Battle Creek early Wednesday morning.

Around 12:15 a.m. on Oct. 15, officers with the Battle Creek Police Department (BCPD) responded to the area of Main Street and Pittee Street for a report of a stabbing.

Police said the suspect ran from the scene before they arrived.

Officers spoke with the victim of the stabbing, a 31-year-old Battle Creek man, and witnesses at the scene.

The victim was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition.

Based on the information gathered, police developed a description of the suspect.

BCPD said officers recognized the suspect, determined to be a 49-year-old man, from an earlier encounter that evening. Officers said they later saw him walking toward a motel in the 100 blo

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