Man reports to police, arrested for allegedly stabbing another man near Hawthorne Bridge

FILE – Portland Police Vehicle

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After reporting to police, a man was arrested for allegedly stabbing another man moments earlier in downtown Portland early Saturday morning.

According to PPB, a man – identified as Basir Noorzai, 41 – attracted the attention of a police officer near Southwest 4th Avenue and Main Street just after midnight, saying he was being chased by three other men.

However, officers reportedly discovered that one of the men pursuing Noorzai had been stabbed by him during an earlier fight on the waterfront near the Hawthorne Bridge.

Noorzai then attempted to flee police with the knife in his possession, but was quickly arrested for assault, unlawful use of a weapon and violating his parole.

The stabbing victim later went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to authorities.