UPDATE: Victim in Bayfair Chevy's Stabbing was Teen

A San Francisco man was arrested Friday on charges of stabbing an Oakland teen at the Bayfair Center during an argument over a table.

With assistance from mall security, San Leandro police arrested Nicholas Cordero, 24, near the Century Theater on Aug. 12 after he fled the restaurant immediately following the assault, authorities said.
          
The victim, a 17-year-old Oakland resident, was having dinner with his grandmother when Cordero and a friend got into an argument with them over a vacant table about 6:35 p.m., police said.

San Leandro Police Lt. Jeff Tudor said Cordero and his friend had wanted to save the table for others who hadn't yet arrived.

The argument escalated into a fistfight, and Cordero then stabbed the teenager in the upper-right torso, Tudor said.

Cordero's friend was released, but Cordero remains in custody and is expected to be arraigned Tuesday at the Hayward Hall of Justice on a charge of attempted murder.

The victim is expected to recover from his injury.

A nearby Bayfair restaurant was the in April, when a man was critically injured after arguing with the ex-boyfriend of a woman he was dining with.

Bayfair Center's general manager Alice Rose told Patch that because these two incidents were contained by police, no additional mall security will be necessary.

"We've been very effective with our existing resources," Rose said.

Bay City News contributed to this report.