Police said an alcohol-fueled argument led to a motel room stabbing on Rockingham Road that left two people hospitalized with knife wounds and another two under arrest.

Leo Martin Jr., 41, and Diane Batchelor, 31, both of Salem, were taken into custody on assault charges after police responded to a report of a shooting – later found to be erroneous – in Room 115 of the Manor Motel at 1:56 p.m., Thursday, July 24.

Authorities found Joseph Young, 48, and Maureen Cobbett, 50, injured with multiple knife wounds.

Martin and Batchelor fled the scene in a Ford Ranger pickup truck and were later caught and arrested by Salem police.

Young and Cobbett were treated for their injuries by Windham and Salem fire department personnel and transported to the Parkland Medical Center in Derry.

Cobbett suffered a severe cut on her thumb and Young had two stab wounds.

On two separate occasions earlier in the day, police responded to the same location after receiving reports of an assault and loud noises.

At the time of the second altercation, Batchelor was already under investigation for assaulting Cobbett after the couples began arguing earlier in the day.