Stripper stabbed in fight at southwest Atlanta club
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Police have arrested a woman believed to have been involved in a stabbing at a southwest Atlanta adult entertainment club early Wednesday.
Beatrice Lamptey, 24, was taken into custody and charged with aggravated assault.
The incident occurred at the Candy Shop club in the 3500 block of Empire Boulevard.
According to Atlanta police dispatchers, four or five strippers were involved in the fight just before 4 a.m.
One woman was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with stab wounds to the chest and stomach. A security officer also suffered lacerations to his right forearm, police said.
The incident is under investigation, according to police.
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