1 employee stabs another at downtown Salt Lake City bar

Officers booked Austin Graff-Liley, 24, into jail for aggravated assault, according to a news release from the Salt Lake City Police Department. Photo Courtesy: SLCPD

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 20, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — An altercation between two employees of a downtown bar and restaurant Tuesday night ended with one employee stabbing the other.

Officers booked Austin Graff-Liley, 24, into jail for aggravated assault, according to a news release from the Salt Lake City Police Department.

Lt. Justin Hudson, SLCPD, said the stabbing occurred at about 7:30 p.m., when two male employees of Whiskey Street, 323 S. Main St., got into an argument on a topic unknown to police.

“The argument ended and then a short time later the suspect came up behind the victim, while he was washing dishes, and stabbed him in the lower back with a fillet knife,” the news release said. “Other employees detained the suspect until officers arrived.”

The victim was transported to an area hospital is serious condition.

Gephardt Daily will update this story as more information becomes available.

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