SAN ANTONIO – A man is in the hospital in critical condition after having his throat slashed early Wednesday morning, according to San Antonio police.
Officers were called around 2 a.m. to the 900 block of Wyoming Street, not far from South Hackberry Street and Interstate 37 after receiving word of a person injured.
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According to police, the 47-year-old victim had confronted another man who was attempting to take property out of the bed of a friend’s truck.
Police said when the man confronted the person about touching items in the truck bed, the pair began to argue.
A preliminary police report states during the altercation the man was slashed in the throat with an unknown sharp object.
The victim was taken by ambulance to an area hospital, where at last check, he was listed in critical condition.
Police said the assailant fled on a bicycle. No arrests have been made.
The San Antonio Police Department, the San Antonio Fire Department and EMS all responded to the call.
The investigation is ongoing, police said.