Tyler Police Investigate a Stabbing

TYLER — Tyler police investigate a stabbing. Police responded to 435 S. Bonner at 10:18 Wednesday morning. Officers located the suspect allegedly involved in the incident at Front and Bonner; they say he had also called police. The suspect was identified as 49-year-old Donald Franklin of Tyler. Franklin was detained and later charged at the scene with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Police say the incident started when Franklin went to 435 S. Bonner, where his baby boy lives with his mother. Franklin got into an argument with the boy�s mother over the child. According to a police report, 45-year-old Marcus Horn, who now lives with the mother, stepped in and got into a physical altercation with Franklin. Franklin allegedly pulled out a knife during the altercation with Horn and stabbed Horn multiple times. Horn was transported to East Texas Medical Center Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.