A Gary man is facing charges for stabbing another jail inmate last week.

Devonta Horde, 30, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery, battery by means of a deadly weapon and battery resulting in serious bodily injury.

The victim told jail staff that he “smoked,” or killed Horde’s brother, an affidavit alleges.

Lake County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Pam Jones told a Post-Tribune reporter earlier this week that the victim was in stable condition at a hospital.

The stabbing happened around 6 p.m. Oct. 21, Lake County Sheriff Det. Patrick Fotia wrote. The victim was just taken back to his cell in section 3B when he was attacked. Banging on the cell door, he was “covered in blood” and “holding his neck.”

A doctor at a local hospital said the victim had a deep stab wound o

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