THERE’S NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE FATAL STABBING IN SIOUX CITY ON NEW YEAR’S DAY.
CITY POLICE RESPONDED TO A REPORTED DISTURBANCE AT 409 COOK STREET AROUND 11:20 A.M. AND FOUND THE BODY OF A MALE VICTIM IN A CAR IN AN ALLEY NEAR THE RESIDENCE.
THE INDIVIDUAL, IDENTIFIED AS JERMEL ELLINGTON, HAD SUSTAINED 16 STAB WOUNDS AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED DEAD FROM HIS INJURIES.
A 17-YEAR-OLD MALE SUSPECT, J.K. ATHREE, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT THE RESIDENCE. AND HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT AND THE VICTIM KNEW EACH OTHER, AND BELIEVE THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.
THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.
