NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Police Department arrested a man accused of stabbing someone after being struck with a pitchfork on Wednesday, Jan. 28.
The incident occurred in the 1700 block of Gentilly Boulevard around 12:01 p.m. According to officers, the victim and suspect were having an argument when the suspect, 24-year-old Pedro Leonardo Ochoa Gamboa, began “chasing him on foot.”
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NOPD officers said the victim hit Gamboa with a pitchfork. Following this, officers said Gamboa allegedly “produced a knife” and stabbed the victim.
The victim was taken to a hospital by New Orleans EMS. Officers later arrested Gamboa at the scene…