2 injured in downtown Bemidji robbery turned stabbing
Bemidji police officers responded to a stabbing and assault Wednesday night, which was discovered during a traffic stop in downtown Bemidji.
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Pioneer Staff Report | 1:27 pm, Apr. 22, 2021 ×
BEMIDJI Bemidji police officers responded to a stabbing and assault Wednesday night, which was discovered during a traffic stop in downtown Bemidji.
According to a press release from Bemidji Police Captain David LaZella, at 11:30 p.m. on April 21, a Bemidji police officer performed a traffic stop on a vehicle that had exited the 300 block of Minnesota Avenue at high speed.
The driver of the vehicle said they had witnessed an assault and were driving the victim to the hospital. The passenger of the vehicle, Donald Pepworth, 38, of Bemidji, said he had been stabbed by a person on the 100 block of Third Street NW, according to the release.