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UPDATE: Commack Teens Stabbed; Cops Arrest Suspect

A violent scene took place Tuesday night on Kings Park Road.

Kings Park Road in Commack turned bloody Tuesday night after two local teenagers were stabbed after an altercation with a young, Bay Shore man.

According to police, Fourth Precinct Squad detectives responded to a call about a disturbance on the Indian Hollow School property involving several people at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday and discovered that two 19-year-old men had been stabbed.

Clyde Ricks, 20, of Bay Shore, was arrested as he tried to flee and was charged with assault in the first and second degrees for allegedly stabbing Guy Derival, 19, and Nick Governale, 19, both of Commack. 

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Some residents on the street took to social media to describe the scene, stating that blood could be seen on the street and that police dogs were also at work.

A photo, showing a red-stained blacktop was posted on Twitter by Stringer News.

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Derival and Governale were sent to Stony Brook University Hospital by Commack Ambulance. 

Derival, who was stabbed in his chest several times, is listed in stable condition. Governale sustained non-life-threatening stab wounds to his upper arm and hip.

Ricks is being held at the Fourth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip Wednesday.

Detectives are asking anyone with information about this incident to call the Fourth Squad at 631-854-8452 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.


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