A police presence remains at the intersection of Southeast 129th Avenue and Powell Boulevard. This area is known as the Powellhurst/Gilbert Neighborhood.
They are there to investigate a disturbance call that came in shortly after 5 p.m. today. The call came from the 3300 block of Southeast 129th Avenue.
Officers arrived to find a toddler with a stab wound. Medical units respond and the child, identified by one officer as a 3-year-old girl, was transported to a local hospital.
Police say the child is going to make it. They also say it appears the stabbing was a result of the girl being in the middle of a domestic argument between two adults.
Police have taken a female adult into custody. Domestic crimes involving a child become automatic felonies in Multnomah County.
Police have a crisis bus at the scene, and our photographer on the scene tells us they have shut the one-way dead-end street off to motorists coming in. The crisis bus is to provide police and those responding with coffee and other away-from-the-office comforts.
UPDATED: On Sunday, the Portland Police Department released the identity of the female suspect in this case. The report says she is the girlfriend of the little girl's father, identifying her as 22-year-old Serenity Sanchez.
Sanchez is being booked into the Multnomah County Jail on charges of assault in the first degree and unlawful use of a weapon. Assault in the first degree is a Measure 11 offense (found in ORS 137.700), carrying a minimum 90-month prison sentence if a suspect is convicted of that crime.
UPDATED: As of 1:10 p.m. Sunday, the 3-year-old victim in this case remains at local area hospital in critical condition.
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