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Cops: Man stabbed during Riverhead fight

TIM GANNON PHOTO | The Riverhead parking lot where police said a man was stabbed early Saturday.

A Riverhead man was stabbed in the back during a fight in a downtown parking lot early Saturday, according to Riverhead Town Police.

The incident occurred at about 3:20 a.m Saturday near the El Caracol Restaurant and Deli in the parking lot off Griffing Avenue.

The victim, a 44-year-old Riverhead resident, was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center.

The restaurant was not open at the time of the incident.

Additional information was not immediately available.