Editor's Note: A previous version of the story included a description that the stabbing victim was a Kansas City, Missouri, employee. A KCMO spokesperson said Monday they were not aware of any employees who had been injured.
A worker cleaning up sidewalks on Sunday near Penn Valley Park was stabbed during an attempted armed robbery.
Around 9 a.m. Sunday, the worker was cleaning up a sidewalk near Penn Valley Park when he were approached by a man, later identified as Austin Lewis, asking for a dollar.
Court documents revealed the employee, who did not understand English, ignored Lewis and continued his work.
Lewis then allegedly stabbed the worker.
Kansas City resident Courtney Carson told KSHB 41 News she saw the whole encounter.
"I heard [the suspect] ask for $1 and quickly, they were very close on top of each other. I heard the other man scream then he immediately started coming toward us," Carson said. "The man coming toward us moved his helmet and we could see that he was bleeding and had been stabbed."
Carson and her sister were on their way to Union Station for the Taylor Swift viewing party. She explained she used her Taylor Swift sweatshirt to help stop the victim's bleeding and called 911.
"If someone's running toward me, asking for help, I'm not going to take off down the hill or something like that," Carson said. "I'm going to step in, do what I need to do and help out my neighbor just as I wish someone would do for me."
First responders arrived and transported the worker to an area hospital for treatment. As of Monday, the worker's condition was described as “stable.”
Less than five minutes after the stabbing, police located Lewis less than two blocks from the scene. He was wearing the same clothing described by a witness who saw the stabbing.
Lewis was transported to a detention facility, where he declined to answer questions from detectives.
Lewis remained in custody Monday on a $100,000, cash-only bond. He is charged with attempted robbery, armed criminal action and assault.
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