BROOKLAWN -- Police said they've arrested a Gloucester County man for stabbing another man in the groin during an early morning brawl at a Brooklawn bowling alley bar.

Jorge H. Perez

The 26-year-old underwent emergency surgery at Cooper University Hospital and is now recovering in stable condition, according to a statement from Brooklawn police.

Police said Jorge H. Perez, 31, of the 200 block of Broadway in Westville, stabbed the man in the parking lot of Westbrook Bowling Lanes Monday at 1:49 a.m. after they got into an argument inside the bar.

Witnesses told officers about the argument and gave them Perez's name, according to the statement.

Police said Perez had fled the scene before they arrived. He was arrested later that day and sent to the Camden County Jail pending a detention hearing.

Perez faces charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault with bodily injury, and weapons charges.

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