UPDATE: LOGANSPORT, IN- According to police reports, the incident with George Mellor, 39, of Peru, was first reported on Tuesday from the Science Project, 611 North St in Logansport, just after 8:30 p.m. Employees at the restaurant told Cass County dispatchers that a man had been in the establishment threatening another man with a knife. Before officers were able to arrive, dispatch received another call that the man who was wielding the knife left the restaurant and was headed east on Broadway Street.
ORIGINAL RELEASE:
This from fox59.com: LOGANSPORT, IN- A 39-year-old man is in custody after he reportedly threatened and stabbed a 63-year-old man with a knife in Logansport on Tuesday evening.
According to a news release from the Logansport Police Department, officers were dispatched to the area of 6th Street and North Street in reference to a man threatening someone with a knife.
As officers were traveling to the scene, they were advised that the man, identified as the 39-year-old, was walking eastbound in the 600 block of E. Broadway when he began stabbing the 63-year-old man near a park bench. The 39-year-old was taken into custody when officers arrived.
The release said the 63-year-old had multiple stab wounds and was transported to a local hospital. Officials said he was later flown to a Fort Wayne hospital in “critical but stable condition.”
The 39-year-old was preliminarily charged with one count of assault with a deadly weapon, a Level 3 felony, and one count of intimidation with a deadly weapon, a Level 5 felony.
Officials with the department said that this is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with further information is asked to contact the Logansport Police Department by calling (574) 753-4101.
