Roommate altercation escalates to apartment stabbing

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) — An argument between two roommates in an Encanto apartment escalated into a stabbing this afternoon, according to San Diego Police.

Officers responded shortly before 1 p.m. to the 500 block of Stork Street. where a 47-year-old woman cut her roommate’s arm with a kitchen knife, according to Officer Dino Delimitros.

"The wound suffered was a six-inch laceration and is not considered to be life-threatening,” Delimitros said. "The suspect was taken into custody at the apartment shortly after the attack.”

The woman — whose name was not released — was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. She was not injured.