''Shut up'' comment leads to sword stabbing

10:45 AM, Sep 27, 2012   |    comments
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Reno, NV (CBS) -- A group of homeless people in Reno got into a verbal altercation that led to the stabbing of one man.

46-year-old Nick Calhoun and a witness were sleeping under an overpass when a man and woman began arguing. Calhoun told them to "shut up" as they were trying to sleep.

Bad Idea. Police say 39-year-old Daniel Lowe, a friend of the two people arguing, charged toward the overpass and stabbed Calhoun in the left leg with an 18-inch homemade sword.

Lowe was arrested on battery with a deadly weapon and booked at Washoe County Jail.

His bail was set at $20,000