A Princeton man was flown to an out-of-state hospital after he was stabbed on North Seminary Street late Tuesday afternoon.
Assistant Police Chief Shane Allison says officers responded to the 300 block of North Seminary Street for a report of a stabbing shortly after 5:30 p.m. When officers arrived they found 45-year old Joseph D. Traylor, of Princeton, laying on North Seminary Street with a stab wound to his chest. Officers provided life-saving measures until Caldwell County EMS arrived on the scene and Traylor was taken to Caldwell County Hospital where he was later flown by Air Evac to Deaconess in Evansville.
Allison reports the suspect, 19-year old Vyshown T. Christy, of Princeton, was taken into custody after he returned to the scene around 5:45 p.m. and turned himself into police. Christy was transported to the police department where he was interviewed and allegedly confessed that he stabbed Traylor.
Christy was charged with first-degree assault and lodged in the Caldwell County Jail.
According to Assistant Chief Allison, this is an isolated incident and the investigation is ongoing. He says more details may be released as they become available.
