YOUNGSVILLE, La (KLFY) — Youngsville Police arrested a man accused of stabbing a juvenile during a fight early Sunday morning.
Police Chief Rickey Bourdreaux said officers responded to a call of a stabbing in the 900 block of Young Street just after midnight.
It happened between several males who reside outside of the city, he said.
During the fight, he said, a juvenile was cut on the right inner-bicep cutting his brachial artery.
The stabbing victim was taken to a local hospital.
The chief confirmed the unnamed victim underwent surgery and is listed in critical condition.
Trent James Hypolite, 20, of New Iberia was arrested and charged with attempted second-degree murder, and aggravated battery with a weapon for an unrelated incident.
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