Two suspects questioned in fatal Hixson bar stabbing

Johnathan Paul Harvey, 27, left, and William Matthew Harvey, 25, who investigators believe were involved in the stabbing death of 36-year-old Shawn Russell.
Johnathan Paul Harvey, 27, left, and William Matthew Harvey, 25, who investigators believe were involved in the stabbing death of 36-year-old Shawn Russell.

After a brief hunt, police have located the two men believed to be involved in a bar brawl in Hixson that left a another man dead on April 5.

Shawn Russell, 36, was stabbed to death during the brawl at Rumors bar on Hixson Pike around 1 a.m. Investigators have now interviewed the two suspects, Johnathan Paul Harvey, 27, and William Matthew Harvey, 25, police said today.

A citizen alerted police to the men's locations and then both men met with investigators willingly, according to police.

Neither man has been arrested.

The Hamilton County District Attorney will now decide whether to present the case to a grand jury, which will decide whether the men should face criminal charges in Russell's death.

Police haven't said why the brawl inside Rumors started, but the fight centered on Russell and the two men, said Lt. Glenn Scruggs. Another seven or eight men attempted to prevent or break up the fight, video surveillance shows.

Russell, an Army veteran, wielded a pool cue during the fight.

Russell was the ninth person to be killed in Chattanooga 2016 and was the first person to be stabbed to death.

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