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Police: Fight between roommates leads to shooting, stabbing in Nampa

One man is in the hospital after an argument between roommates escalated early Halloween morning.

NAMPA -- One man is facing charges after an argument between roommates escalated early Halloween morning.

The incident happened at about 4 a.m. inside a house on 1st Street North near 17th Avenue in Nampa.

According to Nampa Police Sgt. Tim Riha, two women lived permanently in the house, and a man had been staying with them on a more temporary basis. The man, 26-year-old Seth Anderson, came back to the home drunk early Wednesday morning, Riha said, prompting an argument between the three roommates.

The women told the man he could not stay at the house any longer, and asked him to leave.

At that point, police say, Anderson became angry and got a gun out of his room, threatening the women with it.

As the women tried to get it away from him, the gun went off inside the house. The bullet went into the floor, and did not hit anyone, Riha said.

During the fight, one of the women picked up a knife and stabbed the Anderson in the back. Anderson then slashed the other woman with a second knife, according to police.

Officers took Anderson into custody when they arrived, then took him to a local hospital to be treated for his stab wound.

The woman who was slashed was not seriously hurt, but later went to get medical treatment for the cut.

Anderson's injury is not life-threatening, police say. He has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of aggravated battery, and will be booked into the Canyon County Jail as soon as he is released from the hospital.

Editor's update: In March 2019, Anderson was found guilty of two misdemeanor charges of assault while two felony assault charges were dismissed, resulting in fines, jail time and probation.

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