A fight on Wilmont Street Monday night resulted in the stabbing of a 15-year-old city resident in the city's Forest Park neighborhood.
SPRINGFIELD -- City police continue to search for a suspect wanted in connection with stabbing a teenager outside a Wilmont Street home in the city's Forest Park neighborhood shortly after 8 p.m. Monday.
The condition of the victim, a 15-year-old city resident who was stabbed in the upper torso, wasn't immediately known. He was taken to Baystate Medical Center and is expected to recover from his injuries, according to authorities.
Springfield Police Capt. Cheryl C. Clapprood said no arrests have been made in the case, which remains under investigation.
Police released no information about the victim or suspect.
Authorities said the stabbing stemmed from a large street fight that was reported around 8:15 p.m. Monday. The fight involved as many as 20 participants, according to various news reports.
The 15-year-old victim was found lying on Beaumont Street, about a block away from Wilmont Street. He is not cooperating with police.
No further information was available early Monday morning.
Wilmont Street -- located between Dickinson and Ranney streets, just a few blocks north of the "X" -- has figured prominently into several high-profile crime cases in recent years.
An 18-year-old woman was shot to death inside her Wilmont Street home in October 2009, and a 24-year-old Westfield man was fatally stabbed on Wimont Street in July 2008.
More recently, a 17-year-old male from Wilmont Street was shot to death in February 2010 on James Street in the Six Corners neighborhood.
THE MAP BELOW is an approximate location of a Monday night stabbing that injured a 15-year-old in the city's Forest Park neighborhood.