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Denton County commissioner injured, hubby killed successful stabbing
A region commissioner in Denton County, Texas, is successful the infirmary and her hubby is dormant aft a stabbing onslaught by the victims' grandson, section constabulary said Monday.
Police in Lewisville — a suburban metropolis northbound of Dallas — said officers responded to a location conscionable earlier 4 a.m. Monday connected Springwood Drive adjacent Elmwood Drive. They said they recovered County Commissioner Bobbie J. Mitchell and Fred Mitchell had some been stabbed.
Police identified the fishy arsenic 23-year-old Mitchell Reinacher, the couple's grandson. They said helium was inactive astatine the country of the incidental and officers arrested him without incident.
Paramedics took the Mitchells to country hospitals, wherever Fred Mitchell was pronounced dead. Bobbie Mitchell survived and is successful unchangeable condition, constabulary said.
Reinacher is successful the Lewisville Jail facing charges of execution and aggravated battle with a deadly weapon. Police did not accidental what happened starring up to the stabbing.
Bobbie Mitchell, Denton County commissioner and erstwhile Lewisville mayor
Bobbie Mitchell has served connected the Denton County Commission since 2000. Before that, the Republican was the politician of Lewisville from 1993 to 2000, the archetypal Black idiosyncratic to clasp that office. According to Mitchell's biography page connected Denton County's website, the mates has 9 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Denton County released a connection Monday day connected the family's behalf: "Our fantastic mother, Bobbie J. Mitchell, is expected to retrieve from the tragic events that occurred this morning. We are precise thankful for the outreach everyone has extended to america connected behalf of our family. Our parent offers her blessings to each who person reached out. We volition supply updates connected a aboriginal day for the ceremonial work for our beloved father, Fred Mitchell."
"The City is holding our Commissioner and her household adjacent to our hearts. We are grateful for the speedy effect from our Police, Fire, and the infirmary unit who person taken large attraction of Commissioner Mitchell. If you've ever been astatine an lawsuit wherever Bobbie has prayed implicit you, delight assistance her and the household up arsenic she has lifted our community," Lewisville Mayor TJ Gilmore said successful a statement.
"This quality volition person a profound interaction connected our community. The City of Lewisville stands agreed successful rejecting unit and remains committed to justice, peace, and the information of each who unrecorded and service here," Lewisville constabulary nationalist accusation serviceman Rachel Roberts said successful a statement.
Steven Rosenbaum is simply a integer shaper for CBS Texas. A versatile journalist, Steven writes, edits and produces contented for the CBS Texas integer platforms.
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