One South Lake Tahoe man is in jail and another at Barton Memorial Hospital recovering from non-life threatening stab wounds.

Kifer Chriss, 57, who local police know by multiple aliases, was booked into the local jail on an attempted murder charge. The 27-year-old victim was in stable condition following the Jan. 27, 5:30pm incident at the Y transit center.

“It’s unclear what the altercation was over at this time,” Officer Matt Morrison told Lake Tahoe News.

It is not known how many times the victim was stabbed or where. A knife has been recovered, but details about it have not been released.

Good Samaritans held the suspect down until officers arrived. They were there waiting for a bus. It’s not known if the two involved in the knife fight were loitering or waiting for a bus.

“The best involvement is to be a good witness and be able to safely report what you are seeing to the police,” Morrison said. “Fortunately, our Good Samaritans today were uninjured.”

The transit center doors have been locked since last April because of vandalism and homeless people sleeping there. In March 2017, four people were involved in a stabbing at the transit center.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report