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UPDATE: Suspect used broken bottle in stabbing, fight at Kings Island Camp Cedar, records show

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WARREN COUNTY — A Texas man is facing a felonious assault charge after a large fight and stabbing at Kings Island Camp Cedar Saturday night.

“The Sheriff’s Office was called to the camp ground for a large fight involving several individuals with injuries, including a stabbing. This call prompted a large police response from several jurisdictions,” the Warren County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. “After securing the scene, Deputies quickly identified one person stabbed with non-life threating injuries and four other individuals with minor injuries.”

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Tudor Lazar, 39, of Arlington, Texas, was arrested and booked into the Warren County Jail. Court records showed Lazar cut a person’s neck with a broken bottle

The five people who were hurt were taken to a local hospital and have been released.

911 callers reported the chaos as the fight happened.

“We’re at Camp Cedar at King’s Island and there’s been a huge fight break out in the parking lot,” one 911 caller said. “It’s getting worse, they need to come here now.”

Another caller said the stabbing happened outside a cabin.

“I’m at Camp Cedar and someone just got stabbed outside the cabin,” the caller said. “There’s a bunch of people out there, I’m not sure. There’s a man covered in blood apparently.”

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“We are aware of an altercation between multiple parties at Camp Cedar on Saturday evening that resulted in injuries. It is an active investigation and we are fully cooperating with local law enforcement,” Kings Island said in a statement. Camp Cedar operates separately from the amusement park.

The sheriff’s office said while the investigation is still ongoing, they don’t believe there will be any additional charges or arrests in the case.










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