63-year-old in critical condition after downtown Logansport stabbing

LOGANSPORT, Ind. (WISH) — A 63-year-old man was in critical condition on Wednesday morning in a Fort Wayne hospital after he was stabbed in downtown Logansport, the city police chief and assistant chief said in a news release.

The Logansport Police Department release issued Wednesday morning did not publicly name the man stabbed.

The man was near a park bench along a sidewalk when he was stabbed with a knife just before 8:40 p.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of Broadway. The police department is in that block.

A 39-year-old man, who was not named in the release, was arrested on preliminary criminal charges. The release did not say if formal criminal charges are being considered. The release did not say whether the 39-year-old was jailed.

Logansport, a Cass County city of 18,100 residents, is a 1-hour, 40-minute drive north of downtown Indianapolis.

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