Man at cinema stabbed in the neck with meat thermometer after asking woman to turn off phone
A man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone in a movie theatre.The stabbing occurred last Saturday at the Cinemark 22 theater at 2600 West Avenue I in Lancaster, California, according to Detective Richard Cartmill of the Lancaster sheriff's station.
Deputies say that while the movie was playing, a woman was talking on her phone and the victim asked her to turn it off.
The victim was attacked by the woman's boyfriend and another man. Deputies say he was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer.
The victim was hospitalized and is expected to survive. Two other people who attempted to help the victim were also injured in the altercation.
Sheriff's officials describe the suspects as black males. One man was wearing an orange hat with an orange jacket or jersey. The other man was dressed in a black hooded sweatshirt.