Man reports being stabbed twice on same day

Des Moines police were called to a metro hospital on a report of a stabbing early Sunday.Police said Corey Williams, 28, of Des Moines, was brought to the hospital by two friends after they said he was stabbed during a fight.Williams told police he was at a gas station about 2:20 a.m. Sunday at Second and University avenues when four black males approached him and started a verbal altercation.Williams said that during the fight "he felt himself get stabbed in the back."He told police after the stabbing the men ran away.Police said the injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening.Later that day, about 11 p.m. Williams reported another stabbing to police.Police reports show Williams was in the 200 block of Franklin when he said he spotted three of the males from the earlier fight.Williams said that again during a fight he was stabbed. He told police he would treat the wound himself. He suffered cuts to his arm, torso and back.No arrests have been reported in the case.

Des Moines police were called to a metro hospital on a report of a stabbing early Sunday.

Police said Corey Williams, 28, of Des Moines, was brought to the hospital by two friends after they said he was stabbed during a fight.


Williams told police he was at a gas station about 2:20 a.m. Sunday at Second and University avenues when four black males approached him and started a verbal altercation.

Williams said that during the fight "he felt himself get stabbed in the back."

He told police after the stabbing the men ran away.

Police said the injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening.

Later that day, about 11 p.m. Williams reported another stabbing to police.

Police reports show Williams was in the 200 block of Franklin when he said he spotted three of the males from the earlier fight.

Williams said that again during a fight he was stabbed. He told police he would treat the wound himself. He suffered cuts to his arm, torso and back.

No arrests have been reported in the case.