SIOUX CITY, Iowa (Iowa Media Wire) — A Sioux City man has been accused of attacking a family member with a butcher knife.
According to a court document, Tariq Thomas was with a family member on October 11, when they began to argue. He’s accused of stabbing the family member in the collarbone with a “large butcher knife” and then stabbing them in the head with enough force to break the handle off the weapon.
The victim was found in the 5900 block of Morningside Avenue after police received word of a man bleeding from his head in the area. He was taken to a local hospital before being flighted to an Omaha hospital.
Authorities claimed the victim was seriously injured and had a six-hour surgery to remove the knife from their head.