MCP Press release via Connected Communities:
Police Arrest Suspect in Stabbing
Detectives from the 5th District Investigative Section have been investigating a first-degree assault that occurred on Friday, April 17, in the shopping center parking lot of 12123 Darnestown Road in Gaithersburg. The suspect was apprehended this afternoon.
At approximately 8:46 p.m., officers from the 5th District responded to the shopping center parking lot for the report of a stabbing that just occurred. The preliminary investigation revealed the adult male victim and suspect were arguing in the kitchen of the Bubble Café Pho. The manager was able to separate them, however, the argument continued in the parking lot where the suspect assaulted and struck the victim in the back with a meat cleaver. The suspect then fled the scene. The victim was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Further investigation revealed the suspect’s identification as Yuan Jun Li, age 48, and detectives obtained an arrest warrant for attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault. Yesterday, at 2:00 p.m., Yuan Jun Li was apprehended at the Rockville Metro Station without incident. He is currently being held without bond.
See also the article by Dan Morse in the Washington Post:
A cook at a restaurant in Gaithersburg stabbed another employee in the back with a meat cleaver after an argument, police said today.
According to police, on the night of April 17, Yuan Jun Li and the victim argued in Bubble Cafe Pho, in a shopping center parking lot on Darnestown Road.