By Lynn Arditi
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 20-year-old man who was returning from celebrating a friend's birthday was stabbed in a parking lot at 122 Mathewson St. at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, the police said.
The victim, whom police declined to identify, was transported by friends to Rhode Island Hospital where he was operated on, Police Detective Commander Capt. Michael E. Correia said. The victim's friends told police that he was injured when a fight broke out in the parking lot that he had nothing to do with.