Police probe stabbing at homeless shelter

She said the stabbing occurred between 1:30 and 1:50 p.m. and that it was ended when a police officer serving on a detail in the lobby broke up the fight and subdued the man with the knife.

Witnesses at the scene said a middle-aged man was stabbed multiple times just after a lunch had been served of salad and pizza. The man was stabbed in the neck, chest and back, during the attack.

She said the victim, whose name she didn't know, was last known to be in stable condition.

“In my 12 years at the St. Francis House, there has been nothing like this,” she said. “This remains a very safe place.”

She described it as an “isolated incident.”