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Five stabbed at “The Place 2B” bar in downtown Mason City; one arrested

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MASON CITY – A man is in custody after as many as five persons were hurt in a stabbing spree at a downtown Mason City bar called “The Place 2B”.

The incident began sometime after 10 PM when an emergency call was made about people being injured by at least one male subject. NIT was notified at 10:19, with the communicator saying, “Several people being stabbed at the place to be right now on North Federal, 3 subjects with injuries right now!”

Another tip was forwarded by another communicator, saying “yeah five people got stabbed I was at the ER with someone when I saw.”

One female allegedly suffered a stab wound or puncture wound, on her back near the right shoulder. The injuries didn’t appear to be life-threatening, sources tell NIT.

Police quickly apprehended Raul Millares Arias, age 39, (update: of Mason City). He was taken to a detox unit at the Cerro GOrdo county jail after midnight, charged with 5 counts of willful injury causing serious injury. He could face decades in prison if a lenient judge doesn’t take mercy on him if he is guilty.

A source with knowledge of the incident tells NIT, “guess the dude got cut off of being served… went psycho randomly stabbing people. My friend’s boyfriend was one of them.. got stabbed in neck, not sure how many stitches he got… she’s going to let me know when she gets to his house.”

“The Place 2B” bar is owned by an LLC company called J & W, LLC, which shows a Mason City address of 1214 Moonstone Court, which is owned by Roger Waner. He’s facing a drunk driving charge at this time and has entered a not-guilty plea, awaiting trial later this year.

THURSDAY MORNING UPDATE ON INCIDENT FROM MASON CITY POLICE:

On Wednesday, July 4th at 10:16 p.m. officers were dispatched to The Place 2B at 116 North Federal on a report that multiple people had been stabbed. When the first responding officer arrived he found that the suspect in the stabbing was being detained by witnesses across the street from the bar. The suspect had been asked to leave the business by staff due to his behavior but returned shortly thereafter and stabbed five customers before he was confronted by another customer who chased him out of the bar. Most of the victims had stab wounds to their neck or head and were treated at the hospital; one victim was transported by ambulance.
The suspect, Raul Millares Arias (39) of Mason City was arrested and charged with five counts of Willful Injury, a class C felony.

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