Police arrived at 920 N. Dorothea Way (1862 West) around 4:42 p.m. where the 20-year-old victim told police he had been stabbed in the back by his 17-year-old girlfriend, who was apparently upset that he had told her he planned on leaving her, said Salt Lake City police Detective Jeff Bedard.
The man said he started to walk away from his girlfriend after breaking up with her and that he "lost all feeling in his legs," Bedard said. He then realized that the girlfriend had stabbed him in the back with a knife. The man was taken to an area hospital in serious condition.
The teenager fled the scene in a vehicle, but later turned herself into police. She was booked into juvenile detention on suspicion of aggravated assault and child endangerment.
The girl allegedly was holding her baby - who is about 6 months old - while she stabbed the boyfriend, Bedard said. The child was unharmed during the incident.
- Melinda Rogers
