Fight results in knifing; arrests

Two people are currently under arrest after a midnight argument escalated into a stabbing Saturday, police said Sunday.\nKenyada Thaddis, 23, was arrested Saturday for battery with a deadly weapon, after allegedly stabbing Bloomington resident Brian Jackson, 25, in the back with a steak knife. Jackson has been arrested for a battery misdemeanor for breaking a beer bottle over a 25-year-old man's head, police reports said.\nThe altercation took place at about 12:30 a.m. on the corner of North Lindbergh Drive and 14th Street, where a witness observed a gold Chevy Caprice pull up to the intersection, and saw a loud argument with several individuals occur.\nThe violent argument escalated until the victim was observed pulling up the right side of his sweatshirt, apparently referring to what Jackson and his friend thought was a gun. At this point, Jackson swung an empty beer bottle he had been carrying with him over the victim's head, the report said. At that point, Jackson and his friend turned to flee, found they could not get back into the Caprice and began panicking, afraid that the man he had just injured would shoot at them.\n"Drive, drive, he's gonna kill me," Jackson screamed after he and the friend wriggled through the driver's side window of the car. Thaddis approached Jackson from behind at this point and began punching or hitting him in the back and legs, the police report said. It was not until after the car had pulled away that Jackson realized he had been injured.\nAs they began driving toward the 1300 block of West 12th Street, the friend noticed a large amount of blood coming from Jackson's back. When they exited the vehicle, Jackson collapsed on the ground.\nPolice responded to the scene of both incidents, which were reported separately. On 12th Street officers found Jackson, his mother and the friend caring for his wounds in a nearby apartment. Jackson initially thought he had been shot, but a survey of the wounds revealed they were made by a knife. A broken off steak knife was found still attached to his pants.\nAt the second incident, an ambulance had been sent to care for the injured 25-year-old. The other end of the steak knife was found lying on the ground in plain view of the police vehicles, while a second steak knife was found not far away in the front yard of the residence. Both men were taken to the Bloomington Hospital, where they were treated for their injures and released.\nAt both incidents, outside witnesses were able to corroborate portions of Thaddis' and Jackson's stories. Both individuals were booked into the Monroe County Jail Saturday.