Police Investigate Serious Assault on Binghamton’s West Side

One person reportedly was seriously hurt in an assault in a neighborhood on the West Side of Binghamton.

Police were called to Walnut Street just north of Main Street around 2:30 p.m. Friday. The scene is three blocks west of Binghamton High School.

Initial reports indicated a man may have sustained a head injury in the incident.

Several police patrol vehicles and detective units rushed to the scene.

The injured person was treated by medics in a Binghamton Fire Department ambulance before being transported to a hospital.

Uniform officers and investigators were questioning people at a large apartment house at 80 Walnut Street, which is located next to American Legion Post 80.

Two people - a man and a woman - were observed handcuffed at the scene.

Walnut Street between Main and North streets was closed for the police investigation.

Contact WNBF News reporter Bob Joseph: bob@wnbf.com

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