Bloomington police arrest man in stabbing death of band leader

Bloomington police arrested a Warsaw, Ind., man for murder after he allegedly stabbed to death the lead singer of a Minneapolis-based thrash band at a house party early Saturday.\nOfficers arrested Brian P. White, 32, after he allegedly stabbed Christopher A. Johnson, 32, of Minneapolis, after a fight at 1920 N. Arlington Rd. shortly before 5 a.m., according to a Bloomington Police Department news release.\nThe altercation began when the two got into a fist fight after White grabbed a woman's buttocks at a house party at the Arlington Road residence. A short time later, White came out of the house and stabbed Johnson in the chest, according to the news release.\nJohnson was then transported to Bloomington Hospital where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy was scheduled for 3 p.m. at Hendricks Region Hospital in Danville, Ind. However, the preliminary cause of death is a stab wound to the chest, said Monroe County Coroner David Toumey. \nAfter the stabbing, White ran from the scene on foot and stopped at a home in the 1100 block of West 20th Street and asked for "sanctuary," according to the release. When the resident of the house went inside to call the police, White hid inside a part of the cellar in the house by pulling a large piece of tin over the opening, according to the news release. At about 6:15 a.m., officers arrived on scene at the second location with a police dog and began to track White. They soon found him hiding in the cellar and transported him to Bloomington Hospital for treatment of the injuries he sustained in the fist fight with Johnson. When the investigating detective tried into interview him, White refused to speak about the fight and asked the detective to pray for him, according to the news release. Shortly after 10 a.m., White was arrested and booked into the Monroe County Jail.\nJohnson, who is the lead singer of the thrash/hardcore band Useless Wooden Toys, was in town performing at a house party at the Arlington Road residence. According to the band's MySpace page, the band was scheduled to go on at 7 p.m. Friday. It also has a show booked at 7 p.m. tonight for a house party in South Bend.\nThis is Bloomington's second homicide of the year.