The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a possible stabbing and shooting Saturday at a residence on County Road 51 in Fort Payne, Ala., according to a news release.
Deputies arrived and found Matthew Lucas, 33, of Gadsden, with stab wounds. Lucas was taken to DeKalb Regional Medical Center by the DeKalb Ambulance Service, and then flown to Erlanger hospital.
Horace Whittaker, 40, of Gadsden, was found in Collinsville in his vehicle with gunshot wounds, he was then flown to Huntsville Hospital.
Both Lucas and Whittaker are in stable condition.
Whittaker is the estranged husband of the female owner of the residence, and this will be investigated as a domestic violence incident.