Police said officers were called just before 6 p.m. on September 5 to the7100 block of 120th Avenue,where they found two people stabbed.
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Both victims were taken to a nearby hospital with critical injuries.
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The suspect, identified in jail records as 39-year-old Travis William Lester, of Circle Pines, was located just after 11 p.m. and arrested without incident during a traffic stop. Lester was received into the jail at 2:18 a.m.
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Records show Lester has been booked on probable cause for felony first-degree assault. Formal charges are expected in the coming days.
Champlin police said the victims and suspect knew each other. Officers issued a brief shelter-in-place order for nearby residents as they searched the area, later lifting it after confirming the suspect had left in a vehicle. Several neighboring agencies assisted in the response.
Authorities have not yet released the identities of the victims and the case remains under investigation.
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