A Rossville man has been arrested in the stabbing of a man outside his McBrien Road home.
Kevin Natanual Pascual, 21, of a James Street address in Rossville, was charged with Attempted Criminal Homicide and Aggravated Assault. He is due to appear in East Ridge Municipal Court on January 19.
According to an affidavit of complaint, on the evening of September 2 East Ridge police were called to Parkridge East Hospital on a reported stabbing. Police found that the victim, an Hispanic man, was stabbed outside his residence in the 1100 block of McBrien. He was taken to the hospital by a woman who witnessed the incident.
The witness told police that Pascual was a jealous ex-boyfriend.
She said that she was in her mother’s van at the McBrien Road address “hanging out” with the victim who was in the passenger’s seat when Pascual arrived. According to the witness, Pascual, who is the victim’s cousin, opened the front passenger door of the van and began attacking the man.
The witness said she jumped out of the van to confront Pascual, who fled the scene in his mother’s van. The witness said she immediately drove the victim to the hospital.
According to the affidavit, the victim sustained multiple wounds to the right side of his head and his right arm. The report states that one of the cuts the victim sustained was very close to the man’s carotid artery.
Police went to Pascual’s address in Rossville and located the van. Investigators spoke with Pascual, who denied having any knowledge of the incident. The owner of the van allowed police to search the vehicle. According to the affidavit, investigators discovered the van’s gearshift was smeared with what appeared to be dried blood. A sample of the substance was collected.
