DENVER (KDVR) — The mom of a teen stabbed at a Denver resort shelter for households mentioned their household is now getting kicked out.
The stabbing occurred Tuesday night at a former Consolation Inn resort close to Interstate 70 and Quebec Avenue. Three individuals had been harm, together with the teenage son of Jessica Watson.
“He obtained stabbed in his leg and his muscle was severed,” Watson instructed FOX31.
She mentioned they had been instructed they now have to depart the house they’ve identified since February.
“On our technique to go decide him up from being discharged, resort employees, Salvation Military employees, all of them got here out right here and instructed us that we had been being discharged whether or not we had been victims or not,” Watson mentioned.
Denver Police say the three individuals wounded, together with Watson’s son, had been stabbed on the second ground of the constructing. No arrests had been made as of Wednesday night time.
Resort shelter for households has guidelines in opposition to violence
The low-barrier shelter property is leased by Denver and staffed by the resort, and Salvation Military gives case administration providers there, a Salvation Military spokesperson instructed FOX31.
FOX31 obtained guidelines for the shelter, which embody no weapons, no violence and no threats of violence.
“They mentioned anyone who partakes in violence, whether or not you’re a sufferer or not, goes to be put out,” Watson mentioned.
A Salvation Military spokesperson confirmed there have been individuals discharged from the shelter.
“I instructed them we don’t have nowhere to go, and my son’s getting out of the hospital,” Watson mentioned.
She mentioned one other metropolis company agreed to place them up for the night time, however after that, the household is uncertain the place they’ll go.
“We don’t know,” she mentioned.
