Police in Dalton are investigating a stabbing Friday afternoon that sent two people to a hospital with serious injuries.
According to a news release, the stabbing happened at Rose’s discount store at 1205 Glenwood Avenue shortly after 4 p.m. Police said a man stabbed a woman at the store before turning the knife on himself.
Authorities identified the man as 67-year-old Terry Lee Chamlee. Investigators determined that Chamlee and the woman knew each other and that Chamlee stabbed the victim inside the store multiple times. Chamlee attempted to flee the scene on foot, and when he was confronted in a nearby parking lot by a Dalton police officer, Chamlee “began to stab himself in the chest,” the release said. Chamlee was taken into custody and then transported to a hospital by emergency services. The woman was also transported to a hospital.
The woman’s name has not been publicly released, and authorities have not revealed the conditions of the two.
— Compiled by Kiara Green