HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A purse snatching ends in a stabbing inside a bathroom at St. Mary’s Medical Center.

Huntington Police say they were called to hospital about 5:20 a.m. Tuesday morning.

The police report say the stabbing happened inside a public bathroom in the ICU waiting area. Officers arrested James Micheal Burd, 32, of Huntington.

According to both police and hospital reports, the victim said that his sister was sleeping in an ICU waiting area when Burd stole her purse.

When he confronted Burd in a bathroom, a fight ensued and that Burd stabbed him in the left leg and lower back with an 8-10” straight blade knife.

The report says that the victim was then able to disarm and subdue Burd until security guards arrived.

The victim, Kenneth Spears of Huntington, was treated and released. .

Police say Burd tried to escape from police custody as he got out of a cruiser at police headquarters. He was quickly caught in an alley near the station.

The police report, then indicates that Burd tried to hang himself by taking off his shirt and tying it around a cell bar inside a holding cell at police headquarters. Officers quickly cut him down.

Burd has been charged with malicious wounding, attempted escape and a parole violation.