Pink

ELKINS – A Japanese restaurant employee has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a co-worker.

Shi Span Pink, 48, is charged with malicious assault and malicious wounding. He is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $15,000 cash-only bond.

Pink allegedly cut the face of Chen Shu Shuo, 56, during an altercation at Sakura Japanese Restaurant in Elkins at about 1:30 p.m. Friday, according to the West Virginia State Police.

During the scuffle, Pink reportedly suffered a severe laceration to his hand, which was apparently caused by the knife he was wielding, police said.

Several off-duty police officers were eating in the restaurant at the time of the incident and broke up the fight, State Police said.

Both Pink and Shuo were taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

The West Virginia State Police, Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, Elkins City Police Department and Randolph County Emergency Squad all had representatives at the scene of the incident.