Authorities have released the names of two people killed in separate stabbings in Evansville over the weekend. WNIN’s John Gibson reports:
The first homicide occurred Friday night in the 1200 block of Park St.
Evansville Police Sgt. Anna Gray says when officers arrived, they found 42-year-old Jermon Weathers of Evansville inside an apartment with a stab wound to the chest.
Gray said officers attempted life-saving measures until an ambulance arrived and took Weathers to a hospital, where he later died.
Police say officers arrested a suspect, 26-year-old Zachary Lee Page, and found the knife believed to have been used in the attack.
They took Page to the Vanderburgh County jail on a preliminary charge of murder.
The second fatal stabbing occurred Saturday evening at Mo’s House at 1114 Parrett Street.
Police say 30-year-old Colin McHargue of Newburgh had been stabbed in the neck inside a restroom.
Once again, first responders attempted life-saving measures but McHargue later died at a hospital.
Police arrested a suspect, 29-year-old Zachary Parksey, who officers say was covered in blood and walking away from the crime scene.
Officers took Parksey to the Confinement Center on a preliminary charge of murder.