Happening Now: Crews Responding To Stabbing, House Fire In Same Neighborhood

Edgemoor Gardens – Rescue crews are responding to the unit block of Paynter Drive for reports of a residential structure fire.

Additional crews are responding to a home a few blocks away in the unit block of Pennewell Drive for reports of a stabbing with central wounds.

Reports from the stabbing scene indicate that the assailant has left the scene.

It’s not clear if the two incidents are related.

Details are few at the present time.

Update: The incident on Paynter Drive may involve a utility pole, not a home.

This is a developing story.

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