LCPD: Ice pick stabbing after fight breaks out in car

Published 11:40 am Thursday, May 30, 2024

A Lake Charles woman has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a passenger in the vehicle she was traveling inside with an ice pick.

Lake Charles Police Lt. Brenda Treadway said officers were contacted early Wednesday afternoon about a stabbing near the intersection of 12th Street and 8th Avenue.

She said during the course of the investigation it was found that three people were in a vehicle traveling on the roadway when a physical altercation occurred between two of the individuals.

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One of the occupants in the vehicle involved in the disturbance produced an ice pick and began striking another occupant, Treadway said. She was later identified as 28-year-old Joyce Grace.

Grace has been charged with aggravated second-degree battery.

Treadway said the victim was transported to an undisclosed medical facility for non-life threatening injuries.