(7-23-23) This weekend two stabbings took place, one in Lima and one in Findlay.

The Lima Police Department says Ja’Azjahane Washington (22) was stabbed multiple times in an incident that took place in the 700 block of East Fourth Street. The incident was reported by Memorial Health System officials after Washington apparently was taken by unidentified persons with his injury.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers or Detective Matt Woodworth at 419-221-5293.

The Findlay Police Department is investigating a stabbing that sent one (unidentified) male to the hospital.

The stabbing took place in the 200 block of North Main Street at around 10:50pm Saturday night. After arriving Findlay Police officers were told that the victim had been taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital by a private vehicle. The victim was treated for a small puncture wound to the abdomen.

According to witnesses that a fight between multiple people in the area, but no one actually had witnessed the victim being stabbed. Officers talked to the victim at the hospital but he was unable to to give a description of the suspect.