Sheriff’s Office helicopter records brawl where man was stabbed

A large brawl in Spokane Valley early Sunday morning sent one man to the hospital with a serious stab wound, but witnesses have not been cooperating with investigators. A portion of the fight at 10101 E. Main Avenue was captured on video by the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office helicopter, Air 1. Valley deputies were called around 2 a.m. The video shows that the fight appeared to break up, then restarted. When Deputy Randy Watts arrived, he discovered a man who had been stabbed. His artery appeared to have been hit, Watts said. He applied QuickClot to the wound and was able to stem the flow of blood until medics arrived. The man was later listed in stable condition at a local hospital. He told deputies that he did not know who stabbed him. People on scene told deputies they hadn’t seen the stabbing and were uncooperative, said Sheriff’s Office spokesman Mark Gregory. The incident is under investigation by the Spokane Regional Safe Streets Task Force. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Check at (509) 456-2233 and reference incident number 15-256375.