A Tri-City man is undergoing surgery Monday following a bizarre Saturday night stabbing in Port Moody.
Port Moody Police Department spokesman Const. Bill Kim said Monday that while he could release few details about the incident, it's apparent to police that the stabbing was the result of a "misunderstanding" between three young people that escalated to a knife being pulled.
The altercation happened in the 2000 block of St. Johns Street where a man in his early twenties intervened in what he allegedly thought was an argument between a man and a woman who are also in their early twenties.
"The couple was walking up the road and they might have been having a loud discussion and the one fellow thought this might be a verbal fight and it sort of went from there," Kim said.
A fistfight broke out between the couple and the lone man until the man from the couple pulled a knife and stabbed the other man, Kim said.
"And the guy who stepped in is well-known to police," he added.
Police were called to the scene by witnesses and all three people involved in the stabbing remained at the scene to speak with police, though no arrests were made.
Const. Kim said that the police's investigation is still ongoing and further details clarifying the nature of the stabbing will be released in the coming days.
The victim was transported to Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster where he remained Monday for treatment of a stab wound to his upper body.
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