TESTIMONY TO BEGIN TODAY FOR RIALTO STABBING

The attorney for a man accused of attempted murder in a stabbing outside the Rialto in 2022 said his client was acting out of self defense.  The Trib reports that opening statements were made in the trial of 23-year-old Anthony Sharp on Monday.  Police said that the victim, Joseph Williams of New Alexandria, was stabbed 10 times during the altercation.  The stabbing incident came nearly a year after a separate fight involving two men spilled out of the Rialto and resulted in gunfire in which one man was wounded and a bystander was shot.  The trial is expected to last a week, and testimony will begin today.