Juneau police have arrested a 26-year-old man after a 17-year-old male was stabbed twice after leaving a house party in Juneau early Sunday morning.
At around 2:45 a.m., the Juneau Police Department received a call from staff at Bartlett Regional Hospital to report a male with multiple stab wounds.
Investigation revealed that the victim and another teenage male were walking on Tongass Boulevard after leaving a house party. The teens were then approached by “two older males who asked them for marijuana,” according to a release from JPD.
“The two younger men says they did not have any, and a verbal altercation started,” the release says, revealing that the altercation soon turned physical.
As all four males began running away from the scene, the victim’s friend noticed he was having trouble running.
“The friend then saw large amounts of blood on the victim’s clothing and they located the stab wounds,” JPD says, indicating that the two returned to the house party, where the victims was driven to the emergency room.
The 17-year-old, who JPD has not identified, sustain a wound to his lower right side and another wound to his back. One stab wound caused his lung to collapse, but he is expected to recover, JPD says.
Police arrested Joshua Paul Feak in connection with the incident. Feak was taken into custody at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center and has been charged with second-degree assault.