U.S. airman’s condition upgraded as he recovers from stabbing

A U.S. airman hailed as a hero for helping thwart a European terror attack was upgraded from serious to fair condition Friday as he recovered from three stab wounds suffered in a late-night attack near a bar, UC Davis Medical Center officials said Friday, indicating that his vital signs are stable and normal and he is conscious.

SACRAMENTO — A U.S. airman hailed as a hero for helping thwart a European terror attack was upgraded from serious to fair condition Friday as he recovered from three stab wounds suffered in a late-night attack near a bar, UC Davis Medical Center officials said Friday, indicating that his vital signs are stable and normal and he is conscious.

Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, 23, “is awake, able to get out of bed and in good spirits,” the hospital said in a statement.

Police were continuing to sort through conflicting accounts of what happened and have made no arrests, Sacramento Police Sgt. Doug Morse said.

He said police interviewed a 24-year-old woman who was also hurt in the fight and was treated at a hospital for abrasions. Morse said the woman was with Stone and three others when they became involved in a brawl with another group in the Sacramento nightclub district.

“We’re really hoping that additional witnesses or anyone involved comes forward,” Morse said. “Right now detectives are working around the clock to clarify all that stuff. It would be way too premature to discuss what witnesses saw.”

Police said Stone was out with three women and another man before the fight early Thursday. A grainy surveillance video from outside a liquor store shows a large man who appears to be Stone fighting against a half-dozen people at an intersection.