Softball game ends with stabbing, arrest

A stabbing at a popular park in Gardnerville during a softball game sent one person to the hospital and another to jail.

On May 14 at approximately 9pm, deputies of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office arrived at Lampe Park. They found 26-year-old Brandon Robertson injured from a stab wound and separate slash wound to the chest.

He had been stabbed and cut by 20-year-old Brandon Brown, deputies said.

Robertson and Brown had been at the park playing in a softball game when they became involved in a dispute for unknown reasons.

Brown was transported to the DCSO Minden Jail where he was booked on charges of battery with a deadly weapon. His bail was been set at $25,000.

Robertson was airlifted to Renown Medical Center in Reno.

Investigation continues into the history between Brown — a resident of the Dresslerville Indian Colony in Gardnerville — and Robertson — a resident of the Woodford’s Indian Colony outside of Markleeville.