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SANTA ROSA, Calif. - A heated argument between teenage friends in Santa Rosa escalated into a stabbing, police said.
The victim and the suspect, both 16-year-old boys, were engaged in a verbal dispute at a home in the area of West Ninth Street and Warren Lane on Tuesday, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department.
The two were friends.
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The argument continued as one of the boys attempted to leave the home when his friend came chasing after him and stabbed him one time in the back with a folding knife, officers said.
The victim was taken to a local hospital where he was treated for a non-life-threatening stab wound.
The suspect was detained at the scene and later booked into Sonoma County Juvenile Hall on one count of assault with a deadly weapon.
Investigators are working to determine a motive for the stabbing, but said it does not appear to be gang-motivated or school-related.