Pasco man involved in love triangle arrested for stabbing

A Pasco man is behind bars after police say he stabbed the boyfriend of his ex-girlfriend.

Officers say they were called to a home Thursday on the 6600 block of W. Argent Road. Police say a woman whose ex-boyfriend lives in a travel trailer in her backyard, got into a fight with her new boyfriend, when he was visiting.

Pasco police say there are allegations all three were intoxicated when the boyfriend and ex-boyfriend got into an argument. Officers say that led to a physical fight, where the ex-boyfriend stabbed the boyfriend in the side with a knife and the boyfriend allegedly hit the ex-boyfriend in the ear with a carpenters’ square.

The woman called police after the fight had broken up, but then officers say the boyfriend got hit by a 2x4 thrown by the Ex.

Officers say the ex-boyfriend claimed that he stabbed the boyfriend accidentally while he was trying to pull out his knife and throw it away, and that he tossed the 2x4 randomly and it accidentally hit the boyfriend.

The man was booked into Franklin County Jail on an investigative hold for Assault First Degree.