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Shakeem Q. Kitchen, 27

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Three people were stabbed early Sunday morning but are expected to survive after a large fight broke out on the 100 block of Marshall Street, according to Syracuse police.

Officers arrived at around 1:10 a.m. and found a large crowd of people, and witnesses said a large fight occurred before officers arrived.

At the scene, they found a 19-year-old man stabbed in the back, a 25-year-old man stabbed in the side of his abdomen and a 20-year-old man stabbed twice in the leg, said police spokesman Sgt. Richard Helterline. He said their injuries are not life threatening.

Officers found and arrested Shakeem Q. Kitchen, 27, after a witness reported seeing Kitchen stab the 19-year-old man, Helterline said. Police also released Kitchen's mugshot, which showed him with a large swelling above his right eye.

He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree and assault in the second degree. He's being held at the Onondaga County Justice Center.

Police have not arrested anyone in connection with the other two stabbings that occurred during the fight, "and it is not known if the victims were all together," Helterline said.

Police asked anyone with information to call Syracuse police at (315)422-5222 or use its anonymous "SPD Tips" app.

Kitchen faced federal charges two years ago for being a felon in possession of a firearm after a gun was retrieved from the scene of a car crash in July 2013, according to federal law enforcement. He was also shot in the arm in the incident.

Kitchen told police he was in the area -- the 400 block of Ivy Ridge Road -- that day to sell drugs to a man whose name he did not divulge. The man pulled a gun on Kitchen in the car and they wrestled, causing the gunshot wound to Kitchen and the car to crash, Kitchen told police.