A local house party turned perilous over the weekend when a 21-year-old University of Massachusetts student was stabbed by a fellow partygoer.

The Amherst Police Department responded to a call at 66 Pine St. around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday following a reported disturbance.

Upon arrival, police discovered the UMass student who had been stabbed several times in the neck and the back. The Amherst Fire Department transported the victim by ambulance to Baystate Medical Center. The victim is a 21-year-old student who is from Washington, D.C.

An APD press release said the victim’s injuries were not life threatening.
The rest of the college students who had been attending the party were dispersed.

Police identified a suspect who turned himself in on Monday afternoon. Noah Pfister, 24, of Camden, Maine, was arrested on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Pfister is not a student at the University. He was visiting his girlfriend over the weekend, according to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, when the couple decided to visit the home of her former boyfriend where the fight that resulted in the stabbing ensued.

Pfister is being held on $25,000 cash bail. He is expected to be arraigned on Tuesday morning at the Eastern Hampshire District Court. Police said that the investigation is ongoing.