Man flags down police and is arrested for allegedly stabbing another man near Hawthorne Bridge

FILE – Portland Police vehicle

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – After flagging down police, a man was arrested for allegedly stabbing another man in downtown Portland early Saturday morning.

According to PPB, a man – identified as 41-year-old Basir Noorzai – caught the attention of a police officer near Southwest 4th Avenue and Main Street shortly after midnight and claimed he was being followed by three other men.

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

Noorzai then attempted to flee from police with the knife, but was soon arrested for assault, unlawful use of a weapon and parole violation.

The stabbing victim was subsequently taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.