Authorities are on the scene investigating after an off-duty officer was stabbed on Wednesday evening.
The incident occurred around 7:50 p.m. at a restaurant located on the 6100 block of Telephone Road. Assistant Chief Martin with the Houston Police Department said the officer came in to eat and saw another person exposing himself to customers and employees of the restaurant. Authorities said they moved outside the restaurant and that's when the suspect stabbed the officer several times in the leg before fleeing the scene.
Martin said the off-duty officer was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital where he is in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries. Martin added the officer lost blood, but he's going to be ok. Advertisement If you have any information or any video on this incident, you're asked to call the Houston Police Department Major Assaults Division.
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