Two people were hurt and third was arrested, following a stabbing incident on West 13th Street Friday morning.
According to the Hopkinsville Police Department report, 40-year-old Devon Bloomer of Hopkinsville has been arrested and charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault and third-degree criminal mischief.
He is alleged to have entered the residence of a former girlfriend on West 13th around 7:15 a.m. and slashed and stabbed her with a knife, causing serious physical injury that required medical treatment.
He also reportedly cut the victim’s mother with a knife, causing physical injury. As Bloomer fled the scene, he allegedly stabbed a tire on the victim’s vehicle. Bloomer was later located and arrested, then lodged in the Christian County Jail.