Father in critical condition after being stabbed by son in Spanish Fork
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SPANISH FORK, Utah (ABC4) — A man is at large after stabbing his father multiple times in Spanish Fork Saturday afternoon, leaving him in critical condition, according to Spanish Fork Police.
On Dec. 23, at around 3:20 p.m., police responded to the area of 1700 East Canyon Road on a report of domestic violence.
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Officers reportedly learned that an argument had broken out between 64-year-old man and his 30-year-old son.
Police said that during the argument, the father struck his son with a broom. The son allegedly retaliated by stabbing his father “multiple times in the face and back,” a release states.
Spanish Fork EMS took the father to a local hospital in critical condition.
The son reportedly fled the scene and has not been located at this time.
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