A man was stabbed Sunday while sitting on a bench near Inspiration Point in Balboa Park, authorities said.
The stabbing was reported at 12:26 a.m. at 2000 Park Boulevard, San Diego Police Officer John Buttle said.
The suspect walked up to the 29-year-old man and asked him for a cigarette, Buttle said. “The victim said he didn’t have one and the suspect stabbed the victim in the neck.”
The wound was not believed life-threatening and the victim had stable vital signs when taken to a hospital for treatment, the officer said.
— City News Service
