By Alyssa Duranty
Orange County Register
PLACENTIA, Calif. — A Placentia police cadet was stabbed in the stomach while trying to break up a fight outside the Shark Club early Sunday morning, police and a witness said.
The stabbing occurred just after midnight outside the nightclub, at 841 Baker St., after two men argued, police Sgt. Brent McKinley said.
Brittany Eck, 25, a waitress at the club, said she was outside smoking when the stabbing occurred. Fighting had forced Eck up against the wall outside the club, she said.
“I tried to push them off me,” Eck said. “Next thing I know I heard someone yell ‘I’ve been stabbed.’ ”
The cadet fell to the ground after the assault, and Eck said she tried to apply pressure to the wound before police arrived.
Police said the victim was stabbed once in the abdomen and is in stable condition.
Eck said the man was trying to break up a fight between two other individuals, claiming to be a police officer. Patrons of the club were kept inside while police investigated and could not leave for about an hour, Eck said.
Two men were arrested on felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon.
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