An 18-year-old Venezue­lan is re­cov­er­ing at the Scar­bor­ough Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal af­ter he was stabbed dur­ing a fight at the Store Bay Beach Fa­cil­i­ty yes­ter­day, in an in­ci­dent that al­so led to the ar­rest of an­oth­er Venezue­lan man who gave po­lice a fake name.

Po­lice said Daniel Or­tiz of Shir­van Road was lim­ing with a group of Venezue­lans around 9.45 a.m. when they ar­gued with a man they had paid to buy drinks. When they re­fused to give him ex­tra cash for trans­port, the dis­pute es­ca­lat­ed and sev­er­al oth­ers joined in.

The Venezue­lans ran but were chased.

Or­tiz was caught near Ben’s Bar on Store Bay Lo­cal Road, where he was beat­en and stabbed.

He suf­fered a punc­tured lung and mul­ti­ple stab wounds to his back.

He was tak­en to hos­pi­tal, where he re­mains ward­ed in the sur­gi­cal ward.

Po­lice said dur­ing the con­fronta­tion, an­oth­er Venezue­lan na­tion­al, iden­ti­fied as Roger Alexan­der, pulled a gun and fired two shots.

Crown Point of­fi­cers, Task Force mem­bers and se­nior of­fi­cers, in­clud­ing ACP Subero and Snr Supt Earl Elie, re­spond­ed.

They lat­er found Alexan­der at the Store Bay Beach Fa­cil­i­ty and re­cov­ered a Glock pis­tol hid­den in his un­der­wear.

He was ar­rest­ed and tak­en to the Crown Point Po­lice Sta­tion.

Po­lice said Alexan­der gave a false name, which cre­at­ed con­fu­sion on so­cial me­dia be­cause it was the same as the Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter.

The Min­istry lat­er is­sued a re­lease con­firm­ing the sus­pect is not the Min­is­ter and crit­i­cised the me­dia for mis­lead­ing the pub­lic.

The Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tions De­part­ment is con­tin­u­ing en­quiries.