Man stabbed w/ meat thermometer in theater

LANCASTER, Calif. Authorities said a man complained about a woman talking on her cell phone during a screening of "Shutter Island." He asked her to silence it.

The woman left with two men, but the men returned a few minutes later and stabbed him in the neck with a meat thermometer. Two other people in the packed theater came to the victim's aid and also were hurt.

The man was hospitalized with serious injuries.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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