Man arrested after stabbing in Silver Hill-Marlow Heights, police say

A late-night argument near a 7-Eleven on Old Silver Hill Road ended with one man hospitalized and another in custody after police rushed to Silver Hill-Marlow Heights just before 11:40 p.m. Tuesday. Officers found the wounded man in the 3700 block of Old Silver Hill Road after a report of a cutting. He had serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital, where he was expected to survive.

Police said the two men knew each other and had been arguing before the violence, a detail that points investigators toward a personal dispute rather than a random attack. Detectives did not identify either man, and they did not say what weapon was used beyond the broad description of a cutting.

The scene unfolded in front of a commercial stretch that serves drivers and late-night shoppers, and police tape was visible around the 7-Eleven along with several law-enforcement vehicles on the street. That kind of response can quickly change the feel of a neighborhood block, especially when the call lands in a busy retail area where people expect routine traffic, not a violent investigation.

The Prince George’s County Police Department says it is Maryland’s fourth largest law-enforcement agency, with more than 1,500 officers and 300 civilians serving nearly 900,000 residents and business owners. In a county with that size and reach, an overnight stabbing in a place like Old Silver Hill Road draws an immediate response because it affects not only the victim and the suspect, but also the workers, drivers and nearby residents who are suddenly navigating a crime scene.

The case also fits into a broader pattern of serious violence that has kept the Silver Hill and Marlow Heights corridor under close watch. Police have investigated the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Amari Clarke on St. Barnabas Road in Suitland on May 8, 2026, a deadly stabbing on Old Silver Hill Road in District Heights in June 2024, and the fatal shooting of three men outside Irving’s Banquet Hall in Marlow Heights earlier this year. For people living and working along this corridor, the latest arrest is another reminder that late-night disputes can escalate fast and leave a visible public-safety footprint long after the scene is cleared.