SIOUX CITY’S NEW YEAR BEGAN WITH A FATAL STABBING THURSDAY MORNING AT 409 COOK STREET.
POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A STABBING THERE AT 11:20 A.M.
OFFICERS LOCATED AN INDIVIDUAL WITH STAB WOUNDS AND THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND DIED FROM THE INJURIES.
A 17-YEAR-OLD MALE, J.K. ATHREE, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
THE NAME OF THE VICTIM HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, AND THERE IS NO ONGOING THREAT TO THE PUBLIC.
THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ONGOING.
