By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A 21-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly stabbed another man on the 1100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia last night.
Police and aid were called just before 8 p.m. and told the suspect was running away and being chased by acquaintances of the victim from inside the victim’s home, according to Centralia police.
Police were told Arnulfo Alaniz had chased the victim around a car, the victim fell down and he began stabbing him, Officer John Panco said.
An arriving officer found the suspect running and he was taken into custody following a small scuffle, according to Panco.
Alaniz, 21, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for two counts of first-degree assault and one count of third-degree assault, Panco said.
Alaniz reportedly swiped at one of the people chasing him but missed, Panco said.
Panco said this morning there was a a dispute over something related to the past, but he didn’t yet know the details.
The victim, said by police to be 20 and by the fire department to be 25, was treated and taken to the hospital with lacerations on the back of his neck, his forearm and his wrist, according to responders.
Panco said a photo of the weapon found on the ground the next block over depicted what looked to be a butcher knife.