Man Stabbed in Driveway of His Home

East Ridge police are investigating a Wednesday evening stabbing.

According to a department “pass along report,” police were called to 1125 McBrien Rd., on a reported stabbing. They found the male resident suffering from multiple stab wounds lying in the driveway.

The victim was taken to Parkridge East Hospital in a personal vehicle, according to the report. The victim was then transferred to Erlanger.

According to the report, police have identified a suspect.

Police Chief Stan Allen would not release a preliminary police report, citing that the incident is “an open investigation.”

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.