RICHMOND COUNTY — Two people were hospitalized after a stabbing in the community of Dobbins Heights.
Reports state deputies with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office responded to Winona Street in the early evening after receiving a report of someone suffering from a stab wound. When deputies arrived, they located a second victim who had also been stabbed.
Both victims were flown to a trauma center for treatment of their injuries, they said.
“The victim’s names are not being released at this time,” read a media release issued by the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. “A person of interest was taken into custody at the scene.”
During the investigation, detectives with the Major Crimes Unit arrested and charged Jonathan Fitzgerald Jenkins with two counts of Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill, Inflicting Serious Injury.
Jenkins was booked into the Richmond County Jail without bond.
The investigation remains ongoing.