Persons Of Interest Sought In LeFlore County Altercation

Authorities are looking for three persons of interest stemming from an altercation in LeFlore County Tuesday.

Sheriff Rob Seale says deputies were sent to a home near Fort Coffee after getting a report of a man who had his throat slashed.

The victim, 22-year-old Saxon Lovell was found deputies beaten and with a stab wound. He was taken to a Fort Smith hospital and released early Wednesday.

Seale says what started the altercation remains under investigation.

Fort Coffee is located northeast of Spiro.