Victim Stable after Tyler Stabbing

TYLER – Tyler police are trying to learn the circumstances surround a stabbing. It was reported around 9:00 Monday night in the 500 block of Wells Street. Eldon Wilks, 39, Tyler, was hospitalized with cuts to his arms and upper body. Hospital officials have listed Wilks in stable condition.

Investigators say they were told that two male adults had come over to the Wilks residence at 520 Wells Street around 9:00 for reasons unknown. The suspect involved in the stabbing had said something to Wilks’s 14 year-old step-son out in the roadway. Wilks reportedly heard the comment, went outside the residence and got into a physical altercation with the suspect because of the comment. During the altercation, Wilks was stabbed and cut numerous times by the suspect with a small knife. The suspect, along with an identified friend, left before officers arrived.