A Catoosa County father who police believe stabbed his son during an argument was arrested Thursday night.
John Leming, 63, of 65 Tera Beth Lane in Ringgold, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, police reports show.
Leming was drinking with his 39-year-old son, John Leming Jr., who lives with him, when the men got in an argument and John Leming Jr. punched his father in the head, the report shows.
John Leming grabbed a knife from the kitchen and stabbed his son several times in the back, leaving open wounds, then hit him in the head, according to the report.
When Catoosa County sheriff’s deputies arrived, John Leming Jr. was lying on the couch with a blood-soaked towel wrapped around his head, the report states, and there also were several knife wounds in his back.
John Leming Jr. was taken to Erlanger hospital while John Leming was arrested and taken to Catoosa County Jail, the report states.