SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A man stabbed a Scottsdale Quarter security guard multiple times early Monday morning, the Scottsdale Police Department said.
Police responded to the mall after reports of a fight just after midnight, officers said. They found a security guard physically restraining Marco Aguilera, 38, on the ground when they arrived at the scene.
The security guard was transported to the hospital with multiple non-life-threatening stab wounds in his hip area, police said. Aguilera was transported with a non-life-threatening stab wound on his back and was arrested upon his release.
Aguilera is facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, drug possession, and disorderly conduct.
Police have not disclosed the identity of the security guard.
Officers also arrested another man at the scene for drug possession. It's unclear how whether this man had any involvement in the stabbing.
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