Man Charged With Felony Assault After Stabbing

A 21-year-old resident of the Shinnecock Reservation in Southampton was charged with second-degree assault, a felony, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor, after he stabbed another man in the abdomen, according to police.

New York State police said that Daquan Eleazer turned himself in shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday to the police barracks in Riverside, for a that occurred that day at 10:30 a.m. on the reservation. Eleazer stabbed a 31-year-old male Shinnecock resident during a physical altercation that started over the ownership of property, then fled the scene, according to police.

"The victim was treated and released at ," police said.

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State Police Investigator Steve Collins said police have the knife that was used in the stabbing.

Eleazer was held for arraignment at .