15-year-old girl stabbed in Baltimore, tells police she "escaped from a basement"
Baltimore Police have arrested a man in connection with a stabbing in Northwest Baltimore on Thursday, where a 15-year-old girl told police she escaped from a basement.
On Saturday, police say they took 23-year-old Abubakarr Barrie of Baltimore into custody for the crime.
Barrie was apprehended at the 3700 block of Garrison Boulevard, less than half a mile away from where officers originally found the girl on Thursday.
He is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder and multiple counts of assault.
Initial reporting
Officers responded around 9:30 p.m. Thursday to the 3800 block of Belle Avenue after receiving a report of a stabbing, according to a statement issued by the Baltimore Police Department (BPD).
After arriving on the scene, police found the girl being treated by emergency responders for a stab wound.
"The victim did in fact advise she escaped from a basement in the area and that she was stabbed by an unknown male," the statement said.
Police said the girl was still sedated Friday and was expected to survive her injury.
Detectives are continuing to investigate the incident.
Anyone with information about the investigation is asked to call detectives at 410-396-2466.
"This block is very, very quiet."
Neighbors WJZ spoke with on Friday say they may be just as spooked as the teenage girl.
"You can ask my neighbors on the block, and they will tell you this block is very, very quiet. We don't have that," Shelly Gaskins, a nearby resident, said.
Shocking, disturbing, and upsetting are just some of the words neighbors used after hearing about the incident.
"I mean we have like the women out here, the sex workers or whatever, but it really hasn't been too much of nothing like that. Definitely not a 15-year-old or anything being stabbed or anything," another neighbor, Veronica Davis, said.
Police haven't yet explained how the girl ended up in the basement, which home she was allegedly stabbed in, and what led up to the stabbing.
Residents WJZ spoke with say they know their neighbors and can't imagine any of them committing such a horrific crime.
If you know anything about this stabbing and the whereabouts of the suspect, you can call detectives at 410-396-2466. Anyone with information is urged to call detectives at 410-396-2466.
