77-year-old man stabbed, robbed while in grocery store restroom on New Year’s Day

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV/Gray News) - Police in Oregon say a man was robbed and stabbed while at an area grocery store on New Year’s Day.

According to the Portland Police Department, the 77-year-old man was attacked Thursday morning while in the restroom at a Safeway store on Southeast 122nd Avenue.

The man was taken to the hospital with serious knife wounds but is expected to survive.

Officers said they arrested 51-year-old Christopher Woods in connection with the stabbing.

Woods was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges of first-degree assault and first-degree robbery.

The 51-year-old has previously served time for another violent crime in 2017, where he was charged with unlawful use of a weapon.

Anyone with further information was urged to contact Portland police at 503-823-3333.