Teen cut three times; another sought

Published 12:06 pm Tuesday, August 17, 2010

A Vicksburg teenager was cut three times Monday night, and police today were looking for another girl, Lt. Bobby Stewart said.

Police were called to the 100 block of Alcorn Drive at Athens Avenue at 8:20, Stewart said. They found a 15-year-old girl cut with an unknown object twice on her right arm and once to the back of her left shoulder. The other girl, 14, fled and had not yet been located, he said.

The 15-year-old was treated and released from River Region Medical Center, Stewart said.

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The cause of the fight was unknown, he said.