OWENSBORO, Ky. (WFIE) - Owensboro Police say a man will go to jail after he’s released from the hospital.

They believe 24-year-old Tre Dixon stabbed a woman just after 5:30 Wednesday.

Officers say it happened in the 3700 block of Haywood Court.

When they arrived, police say they found the victim with a stab would to her abdomen.

She was rushed to the hospital and taken into surgery.

Police say she’s stable.

Officers say Dixon left the scene before they got there, but a K9 was able to track him to the area of Horse Fork Creek Park on Fairview Drive.

Police say KSP helped take him into custody.

While being questioned, officers say he had an unrelated medical emergency and was taken to the hospital.

He’s charged with assault and tampering with evidence.

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