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Suspect Arrested After Stabbing Woman While Attempting To Stab Man In Stockton, Police Say

STOCKTON (CBS13) – Officers with the Stockton Police Department arrested a person accused of stabbing a woman early Wednesday.

According to the department, Grisel Rivas, 22, was involved in an argument with a 22-year-old man when Rivas attempted to stab the man.

Police said Rivas missed and stabbed a 20-year-old woman who was nearby.

The stabbing happened just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday in the 400 block of South San Joaquin Street, just south of Highway 4 and a couple of blocks west of Eden Gleason Park.

The victim suffered what police described as a non-life-threatening injury and she was taken to the hospital for treatment.

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Rivas faces a charge of assault with a deadly weapon.

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