By Associated Press - Tuesday, May 9, 2017

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Authorities say they are searching for a man accused of punching a security guard and stabbing him multiple times when asked to leave a bar.

The Times-Picayune (https://bit.ly/2qMhaXa) reports the unidentified man is wanted in connection with the aggravated battery attack Friday at the Shamrock bar in New Orleans.

Police say in a statement that when the security guard asked the man to leave the establishment, he punched the guard, leading to a struggle. During the struggle, the man pulled out a knife and stabbed the guard four times. The man was wrestled to the floor by others and later fled the scene.



Authorities haven’t released the condition of the security guard.

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