From staff, wire reports

Burlington police say a 21-year-old man is being held without bail on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder after a stabbing in the city.

Police say a fight broke out early Thursday between two groups of men after snowballs were thrown at a car on Riverside Avenue. A 28-year-old man who was riding in the car ended up stabbed in the neck.

Shoquan Glen of Burlington was arrested at the scene of the 1:40 a.m. incident and jailed at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington pending an arraignment Friday, city police said in a statement.

Police Chief Michael Schirling says the knife wound to the victim's neck missed critical veins by less than a centimeter. The victim, whom police did not identify, was taken by friends to the Winooski Police Department, and then brought by ambulance to the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington.

He is expected to recover.

Glen also is expected to face charges of providing false information to the police after investigators say he initially provided a fake identity. Glen was wanted at the time on allegations of leaving the scene of an accident and providing false information.