Update On Double Stabbing In Alton From Sunday Night

ALTON – On Sunday, March 20th, 2022, at about 8:59pm, the Alton Police Department began receiving several reports of multiple people fighting in the 300 block of Lindenwood Blvd.

Preliminary investigation revealed that there were a group of people socializing at a resident’s house in the 300 block of Lindenwood Blvd.  While socializing, a physical fight ensued and during that fight two people were stabbed.

The two people who were stabbed were initially transported to Alton area hospitals but eventually transported to a St. Louis area hospital. This was not a random act of violence and the subjects involved had a general familiarization with each other.

This incident is being investigated by the Alton Police Department Criminal Investigations Division.