SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, hailed as a hero for helping to tackle a gunman on a French train in August, was stabbed and seriously wounded outside a bar in his hometown early Thursday in what police said was an alcohol-related fight that had nothing to do with terrorism.
Stone, 23, was stabbed repeatedly in the upper body while out with four friends and was taken to UC Davis Medical Center, authorities said. He was expected to pull through.
Police said two assailants fled in a car. No immediate arrests were made.
“This incident is not related to terrorism in any way,” Deputy Police Chief Ken Bernard said. “We know it’s not related to what occurred in France months ago.”
Bernard said the stabbing was “related to a nightclub incident” involving Stone’s crowd and another group of people. Bernard would not say what the fight was about and said there was no evidence Stone’s assailants knew who he was.
The deputy chief said he did not know whether Stone was drinking, but others in his group were.
