Police investigating stabbing

The Wake Forest Police Department is requesting the public’s help identifying and locating the individual responsible for an early morning stabbing along North Allen Road.

At just after 3 a.m., police responded to a reported assault along the 100 block of North Allen Road. A short time later, police located a 43-year-old stabbing victim, who had walked from North Allen down East Wait Avenue near North Franklin Street.

The male victim was transported to a local hospital with what appear to be non-life-threatening injuries.

A motive for the stabbing is unclear and the investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information concerning this incident is encouraged to call the police department at 919-554-6150. All calls are confidential.

The police department will release additional information as it becomes available.