(CNN)Just weeks ago, U.S. Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone was tending to stab wounds after famously helping thwart a gun attack on a European train, feted internationally as a hero.
On Thursday he was in serious condition at a California hospital, having been stabbed again -- this time during a night out with friends in an altercation for which he faces no criminal accusations, officials say.
Surveillance video shows 30 seconds of high drama and raw violence in midtown Sacramento before 1 a.m. Thursday.
What starts with a few punches thrown on a dark street corner quickly spills into the street. Five or six people are in the middle of it all pushing, shoving and trading blows.
One man falls to the ground at one point, only to quickly bounce back. Eventually, the two sparring sides go their separate ways.
Stone was one of those who walked away. But he did so with multiple stab wounds, Sacramento Deputy Police Chief Ken Bernard told reporters.
Bernard singled out two males who allegedly had a part in wounding Stone, who had been visiting bars in the area with four friends.
Stone was taken to UC Davis Medical Center with what Bernard called significant, but apparently non-life-theatening, stab wounds.
Stationed at nearby Travis Air Force Base, Stone remained in serious condition Thursday afternoon and is expected to make a full recovery, the hospital said.
"The family of Airman Spencer Stone appreciates the outpouring of love and support," UC Davis Health Systems said.
Bernard declined to detail what led to the stabbing. He said police don't believe it had anything to do with Stone's celebrity, and a conversation between Stone's group -- a male friend and three female friends -- and another group somewhere in midtown led to the assault "down the block."
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