With one shooting, two stabbings and one robbery reported, Gary police experienced a relatively quiet weekend for violent crimes.
Two men – a 35-year-old from Cedar Lake and an 18-year-old from Crown Point, both reported they were stabbed during an altercation about 11:45 p.m. Saturday in an alley in the 2000 block of Pennsylvania Street, police spokeswoman Lt. Dawn Westerfield said.
The Crown Point victim was in the alley when police arrived. Medics took him to the hospital for treatment. About two hours later, the second victim arrived at the hospital and investigators believe he was part of the same incident, Westerfield said.
Detective Lorenzo Davis is investigating the stabbings. Westerfield said police suspect a 26-year-old Gary man is responsible for both attacks. Anyone who has information about the suspect can call Davis at 219-881-4738.
At about 10 p.m. Sunday, a 36-year-old Gary man reported he had been shot while driving on 5th Avenue near McDonald’s at Grant Street, police said. The victim drove south on Grant Street to the Methodist Hospitals Northlake campus for treatment.
Sgt. Dan Callahan is investigating the shooting. Anyone with information can call him at 219-881-1210.
Family Dollar at 4330 Broadway in Glen Park was robbed late Saturday morning, a police report states. A black man wearing a black T-shirt and jeans robbed the store and ran from the area, the report states.
