By Monique Washington
The police have yet to charge anyone in the brutal stabbing of a young man on Tuesday that left him in critical condition at the Alexandra Hospital.
Rickell “Turbo” Mills of Barnaby was allegedly stabbed in the neck and body on Tuesday night at Camps Village. According to a police press release “initial investigations reveal that a male resident of Barnaby sustained an injury to his neck. A local physician and students of a medical university in the area provided on-site treatment. The victim was transported to the Alexandria Hospital for further treatment. A person of interest was taken into police custody.The investigation is ongoing.”
The Observer questioned Police Press Relations officer Grell Browne on Thursday on the charges and he said, “not yet.” When questioned if the person taken into custody is still detained Browne said he was not sure.
One person who claimed to be on the scene when the incident happened, told the Observer that they saw Mills and another male who is from New Castle begin to fight. The witness said that it appeared that Mills might have been “intoxicated.” The man began fighting with Mills and in the process pulled and weapon and began attacking Mills. Mills fell close to the Xpetrol gas station. The witness said that Mills had a large amount of blood was comingflowing from a wound on his neck. It was unclear when the ambulance was called but the witness said it the ambulance came “more than a half hour after he got stabbed.”
The Observer was told that the person who allegedly did the stabbing, was taken into custody after leaving the scene of the crime. He was taken into custody from his home in New Castle.
