A Tennessee man is dead and another is being treated for multiple stab wounds after an apparent knife fight Thursday on Possum Trot Road in South Rhea County, according to authorities.
Thomas Simpson, who is reportedly in his 50s, was found dead in his backyard after authorities responded to a 911 call from a woman who had heard someone across the street calling for help, according to a Rhea County Sheriff’s Office report filed by Deputy Stephen Huskey.
The other man has not been identified but is now listed in stable condition following surgery for his wounds, according to authorities. No one has been charged.
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“Both men had knives and each received multiple stab wounds, and the homeowner went out the back door, and the acquaintance went out the front door, and the homeowner wound up dying in the backyard, and the acquaintance made his way to a neighbor’s home across the street,” Rhea County Sheriff’s Office investigator Rocky Potter said in the phone interview.