Police Identify Stabbing Victim

— The victim of a Sunday stabbing was identified Monday by Rogers police.

Jacob Merriman, 25, of Rogers received multiple lacerations to his face and abdomen, according to a Police Department news release. Police said Merriman was in stable condition Monday at Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville.

Merriman was involved in an altercation with an unknown man while Merriman was outside walking in the apartment complex at 808 E. Post Road, according to the news release. The cause of the disturbance was not known.

Police were called at 5:58 p.m. Officers with the Rogers Police Department responded to a reported disturbance involving weapons. The suspect fled the scene prior to officers arriving, according to the news release.

No additional information was released by police Monday.

The apartment complex was quiet Monday afternoon. A few children played outside, but there was no sign of the altercation nor crime scene tape.

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