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Fatal Stabbing at Birthday Party
Comments 0 | Recommend 0A double stabbing at a birthday party leaves a man dead in Bradley County tonight.
According to a spokesperson for the Sheriff's Department, a group of people were celebrating a birthday at a camp-out on a farm near Charleston early Saturday morning when two of the party-goers got into a fight.
Jesse Schoate, 24, of Kinser Lane, wound up stabbed to death.
Deputies say a second person tried to break up the fight and was stabbed as well. His/her name has not been released.
Police have arrested 38-year-old John Coffey of Rymer Road and charged him with first degree murder.
Detectives have not said why the men were arguing.
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