COLDWATER, Mich. (WOOD) — A 24-year-old man is in the hospital after he was stabbed following a road rage incident Saturday afternoon in Coldwater.
Around 2:40 pm., officers with the Coldwater Department of Public Safety were sent to the area of E. Chicago Street near the southbound I-69 on-ramp after receiving reports that there was a crash, a stabbing victim and possible shots fired.
Responding officers learned that a 24-year-old Coldwater man and 38-year-old Adam Wallis of Marion, Indiana, were yelling at each other while traveling westbound on E. Chicago Street. Once at the red light at the southbound ramps for I-69, Wallis got out of the passenger seat of a Honda, driven by his brother, and stabbed the Coldwater man in the chest. The victim got out of a Chevrolet pickup and the pair fought in the street.
The department of public safety said Wallis threw the knife into a grassy field and got back into his brother’s vehicle.
The Coldwater man told officers he thought Wallis was going to take off so he backed the pickup truck into the front of the Honda.
The Coldwater man was taken to the hospital with two apparent stab wounds. His condition is unknown.
Wallis was arrested and has been charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison or a fine of $5,000 or both. His bond has been set at $50,000.
The department of public safety said no shots were fired.
Officers said Wallis and another man were in Coldwater visiting a marijuana dispensary before the stabbing.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Sgt. Cody Longrey at 517.278.4525.
The stabbing remains under investigation.