FARGO (KFGO) – Fargo police have identified the suspect in the stabbing of three people as 30-year old Ashley Larson who has no permanent address.
She was arrested after a 4-hour standoff with police while she was barricaded inside a vehicle belonging to one of the victims. Larson voluntarily gave up and was arrested on three counts of aggravated assault. She was medically cleared at a hospital and taken to the Cass County Jail.
Larson is accused of getting into an SUV in the parking lot at the downtown Mexican Village and stabbing two women inside around 12:45 p.m. Thursday. Police said prior to that attack, Larson allegedly stabbed a man she knew at a residence a short distance from the restaurant.
Debra Schreiner was having lunch with a friend in the restaurant when the parking lot stabbing’s happened. She ran outside and helped the mother and daughter get inside and tended to the injuries until paramedics arrived. The women told Schreiner there was a naked woman drenched in blood who was stabbing them and when they got out of their vehicle, the mother locked the door of the SUV.
The three people stabbed were treated for injuries and released.