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ECU football player stabbed in fight at party

An East Carolina University football player from Roxboro was stabbed during a fight at a party shortly after midnight Sunday, Greenville police said.

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GREENVILLE, N.C. — An East Carolina University football player from Roxboro was stabbed during a fight at a party shortly after midnight Saturday, Greenville police said.

Tre Robertson, 19, told police that he and several friends went uninvited to a party in Apartment 102 in Building 4310 at North Campus Crossings. As he left, Robertson said, someone approached him and tried to fight him. He was then stabbed in the back.

A friend drove Robertson to Vidant Medical Center, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Robertson is a rising sophomore and an offensive lineman who attended Person High School in Roxboro.

No arrests have been made. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Greenville police at 252-329-4315.

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