A confrontation between two men in downtown Portland ended Sunday night when one man stabbed the other, the Portland Police Bureau reported.

Police were sent to Southwest Stark Street and Burnside Street just before 7 p.m. They found one man had been stabbed. Another man had pepper sprayed.

The stabbing victim, police said, was taken to a hospital by ambulance for treatment to serious injuries. The man pepper sprayed has been detained, and the investigation is continuing.

--Tom Hallman Jr.

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