BOISE, Idaho — A Nampa woman is in jail on suspicion of aggravated battery following a stabbing in a Boise neighborhood Tuesday morning.
The stabbing was reported just after 10 a.m. on North 27th Street near Stewart Avenue, a couple blocks south of State Street.
Boise Police officers who responded to the scene found the wounded victim, an adult man. An ambulance crew took him to the hospital.
The man is in stable condition with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
Officers began a search of the area after Investigators learned a possible suspect, a woman, had left the scene. Nearby schools were ordered to shelter in place during the search.
A short time later, near Whitewater Park, police located Sophia Hooper, a 22-year-old Nampa resident, and took her into custody. Hooper is now in the Ada County Jail on suspicion of aggravated battery, a felony.
The Boise Police Dept. said Hooper and the victim know each other.
The shelter in place order has been lifted for schools, and the investigation is ongoing.
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