Two people went to the hospital Friday night with stab wounds after a fight broke out at the Lake Highlands North rec center. Police say it is gang related.
It all started at a 16th birthday party at the Lake Highlands North recreation center. The police report names three gangs involved — one called Goon Squad and the other North Side Goons, and a third TYN (the youth sect of the NSG gang).
According to police reports: a fight broke out involving three black females from rival gangs. Other partygoers jumped in. Police arrived at the scene a little after 11 p.m. after those involved called 9-1-1 from a nearby home (where one of the witnesses lives), but not before two people were stabbed.
It appears, based on the reports, that one of the victims was 25-year-old black male Keneth Mims — after being treated by paramedics at the scene he drove himself to Presbyterian hospital. The name of the other stabbing victim is not released because of age — this person, who reportedly is affiliated with the TYN gang, was transported to Baylor with a deep back wound. The report indicates that the underage stabbing victim walked away from the scene to call 9-1-1, so he/she, at least initially, was not too injured to walk, perhaps. Also, no deaths have been reported.
According to the report, the gang unit was notified and is investigating.
