UPDATE: Stabbings in Edgewood

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Published on February 1 2016 9:01 am
Last Updated on February 1 2016 11:05 am
Written by Greg Sapp

Effingham County Sheriff's Department is investigating a weekend incident involving stabbings.

The incident occurred at the American Legion in Edgewood. Deputies were dispatched at 12:38am Sunday regarding a large-scale fight involving several people. Three individuals were injured, receiving what Sheriff Dave Mahon termed non-life threatening knife wounds. Two of the subjects were taken by ambulance to HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham and the other individual drove himself for treatment.

A statement from the Sheriff's Department states that units from the Illinois State Police and the Farina Police Department assisted deputies. When police units arrived less than five minutes after being dispatched, the subjects who are believed to have instigated the fight had fled the scene.

No arrests have been made at this time as the Sheriff's Department continues to investigate.