Leaked police audio has shed new light on the incident that saw former NFL star Mark Sanchez stabbed – and then arrested – in Indianapolis.
The 38-year-old was rushed to the hospital with critical injuries on Saturday morning after allegedly being stabbed during a dispute with a food delivery driver – said to be 69 years old – at around 12:30am. Fox Sports later said Sanchez was in stable condition.
But, in a remarkable twist, it was revealed that Sanchez had been detained at the hospital on suspicion of battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication.
On Saturday night, TMZ obtained dispatch audio that lifted the lid on the cops’ desperate attempts to make sense of the situation.
In the clip, officers can be heard searching for surveillance cameras of the scene. They also confirm a person had been stabbed and that another medic and a marked car are required.
Leaked police audio has shed new light on the incident that saw Mark Sanchez stabbed
Sanchez, who is married to actress Perry Mattfield, was later arrested while in the hospital
The incident is said to have happened near Loughmiller’s Pub & Eatery in Indianapolis and cops can be heard asking for a bar to be ‘locked down’.
‘Treat it as a crime scene, we don’t want anybody in or out for now,’ one officer is heard saying.
Cops also confirmed that one person was in custody and that the ‘patient’ – believed to be Sanchez – is ‘critical right now.’
Officers later discussed a nearby alleyway connected to the incident which needed to be ‘locked down,’ too. ‘They have good cameras of this alley, allegedly,’ one said.
Following Sanchez’s arrest, cops said the 38-year-old is still in the hospital and has not yet been booked into jail.
The former Jets quarterback was in Indianapolis to call Sunday’s NFL game between the Colts and Raiders for Fox. The Daily Mail reached out to the network for comment.
Police initially said that one of the men in the incident – now known to be Sanchez – was left with injuries ‘consistent with’ stab wounds, while the other man was allegedly hospitalized as well with ‘significant injuries’, FOX59/CBS4 reported.
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