WYNCOTE, Pa. (WPVI) — A Planet Fitness employee is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed multiple times in Wyncote, Montgomery County.
Police say first responders were called to the gym in the 1000 block of South Easton Road around 12:33 p.m. Thursday for reports of a stabbing.
That’s where they found a male with multiple stab wounds. He was rushed to an area trauma center.
The suspect was captured a short distance away by responding officers, police said.
According to police, the suspect, who had been previously banned from the gym, got into an altercation with the employee shortly before the stabbing.
The suspect’s name has not been released.
The incident remains under investigation.
Anyone with information or who may have witnessed the incident is asked to contact Cheltenham Detectives at 215.885.1600 or email policetips@cheltenhampa.gov.
Police say tipsters can remain anonymous.
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