Man stabbed with 'broken shards of glass' after fight over Pokemon cards: Police
According to a press release from the Colma Police Department, officers were called to a local GameStop store at around 9:20 a.m. local time after reports of a fight inside the store. Once they arrived, they found a man with multiple cuts and stab wounds, police said.
The victim was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries but is now in stable condition, according to police.
Colma is located about 11 miles south of San Francisco.
Police said that two suspects fled from the store in two separate cars.
Both suspects were arrested by police later that day. According to the press release, police identified the suspects as 27-year-old Isaiah Calles and 49-year-old Miguel Orellanas-Flores.
Police: Fight started over Pokémon cards
Police said that the stabbing came after a fight between the victim and Orellanas-Flores after he allegedly tried to cut in line to buy Pokémon cards.
Police said the argument turned physical when Orellanas-Flores allegedly struck the victim "in the back of the head with a glass mason jar." The second man then "grabbed the broken shards of glass of the mason jar and began to stab the victim multiple times," according to police.
Police arrested both men and charged them with assault with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury, battery with serious bodily injury and conspiracy to commit a crime.
Both men were booked into the San Mateo County Jail. Online court records show Calles and Orellanas-Flores' first court dates will be on Tuesday, July 8.
USA TODAY was not able to immediately find an attorney representing either man at this time.
Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at fernando.cervantes@gannett.com and follow him on X @fern_cerv_.
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