JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A man has been hospitalized after he was stabbed and robbed in the Springfield area of Jacksonville Wednesday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
JSO says at 8:45 a.m., officers responded to the intersection of 8th Street East and Main Street North in reference to the reported robbery, the incident report states. The report further states that the man had relocated himself on foot to 1750 North Laura St. Upon officers arrival on Laura Street, Scott says officers found the unidentified man suffering from multiple stab wounds. According to the incident report, the man had suffered two stab wounds to his chest, two stab wounds to his right shoulder, one stab wound to his left arm and one stab wound to his left flank.
The man was taken to a local hospital by the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department and is currently in non-life-threatening condition, police say. At the hospital, the man told police that he was standing at the intersection of Main Street and 8th Street when he described the unknown suspect as someone in their 20s with brown hair, "scruffy looking," wearing jeans and a dark shirt with a bag, the report states.
The man also told JSO that he saw the unknown suspect running towards him and yelled, "you got my s***," the report states. Police say they saw several drops of blood "on 8th Street along the southside of the street's sidewalk," the report states.
Anyone with information related to the incident is asked to call JSO's non-emergency number at 904-630-0500 or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS.