By Pat Culverhouse

One man is in custody and another is in the hospital after what investigators believe to be a love triangle that resulted in a violent attack in the parking lot of a local business shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday.

Christopher L. Rowe, 39, is being held on a charge of aggravated second degree battery for allegedly stabbing a man who he reportedly found “messing around” with the suspect’s “significant other” inside the victim’s vehicle.

Minden police Lt. Anthony Miller and Officer Cody James reportedly interviewed the victim at the Minden Medical Center emergency room and learned he was stabbed while inside his vehicle with a female co-worker in the parking lot of the Homer Rd. business.

According to investigators, the victim received stab wounds to the left side of his neck, behind his ear and in the left rib cage when Rowe allegedly opened the back door of the vehicle and attacked. His condition is unknown.

Rowe was taken to police headquarters where he was interviewed and placed under arrest. No bond has been set.

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