TEMPE, Ariz. — Two people were arrested following a stabbing on Arizona State University's Tempe campus Friday night, university police said. No one involved was affiliated with ASU.
According to police reports, a 53-year-old man was stabbed after a scuffle with the two suspects around 11:45 p.m. on Friday night near 660 South College Avenue.
The man was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The suspects fled the area heading westbound, and were later arrested Saturday morning.
Police have identified the two suspects as 23-year-old Erlinda Perez and 25-year-old Jermaine Platt-Jones. The two are being booked on charges associated with aggravated assault.
Officials have not offered a motive behind the assault, but they have confirmed that the suspects were not known to the victim.
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