Arrest Made in Wednesday Afternoon Stabbing

A man has been arrested following a stabbing incident in the 3000 block of 66th Street in Lubbock on Wednesday, July 1st.

Reports say that 23-year-old Damien Gomez and 38-year-old Ricky Medina began to argue while in the same vehicle at around 1 p.m. Gomez is then said to have produced a knife and began stabbing Medina, who used a hammer to defend himself.

Gomez fled the scene and flagged down citizens at Indian Creek Apartments. Both Gomez and Medina were transported by EMS to University Medical Center for non-life threatening injuries.

Gomez was arrested for aggravated assault.