WASHINGTON — A man is in the hospital with life-threatening in injuries after he was stabbed in Silver Spring early Thursday, Montgomery County police say.

Police say just after midnight they found the victim with multiple stab wounds in a second-floor apartment above the El Sitio Restaurant in the 8200 block of Piney Branch Road.

A witness in a vehicle started to follow the suspect and flagged police down as they arrived to the call, police say.

A suspect is now in custody.

Police have released no additional information in this active investigation.

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