Police in Joplin receive reports of a car accident, but when they arrive on the scene, they find a stabbing instead.

 

 The incident happened on Tuesday around 11am, when police responded to calls of a car-pedestrian accident in the parking lot of a Salvation Army store. Instead of a car accident, officers discovered a stabbing. The victim – identified as Chad Minor – had fled the scene on foot and flagged down a passing vehicle to take him to the hospital to treat a stab wound to the stomach. The alleged perpetrator – 18-year-old Deandre Fazio of Joplin – was found on the scene and was also involved in a disturbance with his girlfriend. Family members were contacted to retrieve a minor child who was also on the scene. Following the stabbing, Fazio also allegedly jumped on the windshield and hood of his girlfriend's car causing damage to the vehicle.

 

Fazio was arrested on the scene and faces charges of Assault in the 1st Degree, Armed Criminal Action, Property Damage in the 1st Degree, and Endangering the Welfare of a Child in the 1st Degree. Fazio remains in custody at the Joplin City Jail.

 

The stabbing victim Minor is reportedly in stable condition.