A verbal argument escalates into an assault in downtown Chico. Police received numerous 9-1-1 calls about two men fighting near West 3rd Street and Main Street on Tuesday before midnight. During the fight one of the men was allegedly struck several times by a guitar. According to a Chico Police Department press release, the 32-year-old victim was taken to the hospital for non-life threatening head injuries. A Chico State Police Officer found and detained the suspect identified, as 29-year-old Jamie Harper who was later arrested by Chico Police for assault with a deadly weapon.