Authorities Search for Stabbing Suspect
Posted/updated on: March 4, 2013 at 11:26 am
GREGG COUNTY — Gregg County authorities are investigating an aggravated assault. It happened Early Saturday morning at Club Enigma on Hwy 31. According to the Gregg County Sheriff, a deputy was flagged down near the intersection of Highway 31 and 3053 by a woman who was transporting two stabbing victims to the hospital. The woman, an employee of the club, said her two passengers, Hispanic males, had been stabbed at the club by an unknown man. EMS and DPS Officers responded to the location to assist.
While the stabbing victims were being cared for, a vehicle traveling east bound on Highway 31 struck the back of a DPS patrol unit. The driver, an intoxicated female, was arrested for DWI and transported to the Gregg County Jail. No one was injured in the crash.
One of the stabbing victims was life-flighted to Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler. The other was transported by EMS to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview. Both received stab wounds to the upper body and they are in stable condition. The suspect in the case has not been identified at this time.
Anyone with information are asked to contact the Investigator Floyd Wingo at 903-237-2532 or Crime Stoppers at 903-236-STOP.
