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State Police Arrest Mt. Vernon Man Following Stabbing

Last updated on Monday, April 20, 2015

(POSEY CO.) - Indiana State Police arrested a 28-year-old Mt. Vernon man Saturday afternoon after an investigation revealed he allegedly stabbed another male during an altercation at Huck’s in Mt. Vernon.

At approximately noon, Mt. Vernon City Police responded to Huck's on 4th Street after receiving a 911 call that a person had been stabbed.

The police department requested the Indiana State Police investigate the incident.

Troopers discovered that 34-year-old John Reynolds and Shawn Jackson, age unknown at this time, both from Mt. Vernon, were fighting in the parking lot at Hucks.

Jackson's brother, 28-year-old Joshua Jackson, of Mt. Vernon, approached Reynolds and allegedly stabbed him in the leg with a knife.

Reynolds was taken to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville where he was treated and later released. Shawn Jackson was taken to St. Mary's Hospital for minor injuries due to the physical altercation with Reynolds. He was later released.

Joshua Jackson was taken to St. Mary's Hospital after he suffered a seizure at the scene.

After being treated, Jackson was arrested and taken to the Posey County Jail where he is currently being held on a felony charge of battery with a deadly weapon

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