An 18-year-old man was stabbed during a fight at Busch Gardens on Saturday night, just a week after several disturbances prompted a large police response to the amusement park.
James City police responded just before 10 p.m. after an employee in the park’s France area called to report a fight going on, a police spokesman said Sunday. Those involved had left the scene when police arrived, but left several “items of evidentiary value,” spokesman Tayleb Brooks said in a news release.
As police were investigating, the 18-year-old approached officers at the park’s entrance and told them he had been stabbed. He was taken to Riverside Doctors’ Hospital Williamsburg with non-life-threatening injuries, Brooks said.
Police said Sunday they were still trying to identify the suspect and were asking for the public’s help.
The stabbing comes a week after police from three jurisdictions went to the park for a verbal dispute that escalated among two large groups during the second night of Busch Gardens’ annual Howl-O-Scream Halloween event. No injuries were reported.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 757-253-1800. Tipsters may also call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP or submit tips online at p3tips.com. Callers to the Crime Line and P3 Tips users may remain anonymous, are not required to testify in court and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,500 if the information provided leads to an arrest.
Kim O’Brien Root, kimberly.root@virginiamedia.com
