The incident occurred outside of Gamer's Edge late Thursday evening.

A stabbing outside a Stroudsburg business hospitalized a young man Thursday night.

Dylan Robert Hilbert, 23, of East Stroudsburg, is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, drug possession and drug paraphernalia possession, along with a harassment citation, for allegedly stabbing Tony Coleman II in the back. Hilbert was placed in Monroe County Correctional Facility in lieu of $75,000 bail and is awaiting a district court hearing.

The 9:48 p.m. stabbing occurred outside Gamer’s Edge, a comic book store on the 500 block of Main Street, according to Stroud Area Regional Police. Coleman was taken to Pocono Medical Center for a small knife laceration to the upper left part of his back, police said.

Hilbert approached Coleman inside Gamer's Edge, wanting to talk about Coleman disrespecting him by not associating with him, Coleman told police when interviewed at the hospital. Store owner Robin Kessler, who was not present at the time but later told about the incident by employees, said there was no indication of any altercation inside the store.

Coleman didn't want to talk to Hilbert, who he said had stolen his Yu-Gi-Oh cards, Coleman told police.

Both men exited the store and had a conversation that became an argument, Coleman told police. Coleman started walking away, with Hilbert following and calling him names.

Kessler said he heard the attack happened very suddenly.

Coleman reached into his book bag for an expandable baton, he told police. When Hilbert approached and tried hitting him, Coleman backed up, at which point a steak knife fell out of Coleman's back pack onto the ground.

Hilbert grabbed the knife off the ground, at which point Coleman pulled a taser out of his pants pocket, Coleman told police. Hilbert then lunged at Coleman with the knife, but missed.

When Hilbert lunged at Coleman again, Coleman turned his shoulder in a defensive motion, Coleman told police. Hilbert wrapped one arm around Coleman and stabbed him in the back with the other.

Both men then fell to the ground, after which Hilbert got back up and fled, Coleman told police. Coleman got back up, collected his belongings, walked back into Gamer's Edge and discovered he'd been stabbed in the back.

Employees helped apply pressure to the wound while calling 911.

"The kid did the right thing, coming to us immediately," Kessler said. "It's a good reflection that he came to people that would know what to do."

Police found Hilbert at the McDonald's nearby on Lower Main Street a short time later, taking him into custody after finding him wanted on a warrant. Police found two empty waxy folds, commonly used to package heroin, in his wallet and one more such fold in his back pack's side compartment, an affidavit states.