Man stabbed in the back during bloody fist fight… both men taken...

Top photo: Stabbing suspect under arrest and speaking with police while being treated for a possible broken nose… Below: Hyannis FD medic checks victim’s stab wound…

HYANNIS – The suspect reportedly told police he had just recently got out jail about a week prior to today’s stabbing…

At about 6:27pm, multiple police rushed to 73 Walton Ave for a fight which had just occured. During the 911 call, dispatchers heard someone say they had been stabbed in the back.

A Barnstable patrolman quickly arrived and observed a fleeing small red sedan. Other cruisers were given a description of the vehicle, along with the name of the likely suspect.

Just minutes later, officers had the suspect handcuffed and detained on the pavement next to a red sedan behind the Barnstable Horace Man School on Bearses Way.

The suspect was treated for a possible broken nose from the fist fight. He was transported to CCH…

The suspect also reportedly told police he had just recently been released from jail about a week prior to today’s stabbing…

Robert Dube, age 30, of Yarmouth was arrested and charged with Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon for his alleged involvement in the stabbing.

It is believed Dube threw away the knife while fleeing in the red vehicle on Walton Ave. Officers and a K-9 team scoured the area, but were unable to locate the weapon.

Their was an 8-year-old child inside the vehicle when the suspect was arrested. It is unknown if the child is related to any of the combatants in today’s fight.

The victim, and the other combatant in the fist fight, were transported to CCH with injures which were not believed to be life threatening.

Police maintained a strong presence at CCH while both men were being treated. At one point additional police were needed to respond to the CAT Scan room because one of the men was reportedly not being cooperative…

It remains uncertain what prompted today’s violence…

HN was a block away when the call came in and arrived just after the red vehicle had fled the scene. The following video highlights the scene at 73 Walton Ave, it also shows the suspect right after being arrested in the parking lot behind the nearby elementary school…

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