The Brief
- A New Brighton man is accused of stabbing two people while they slept at a Coon Rapids home on Aug. 27.
- Both victims required emergency surgery, with one suffering more than 15 stab wounds and the other needing facial reconstruction.
- The suspect fled in the victim’s vehicle, which was later found abandoned in Minneapolis, and his whereabouts remain unknown.
COON RAPIDS, Minn. (FOX (9) – A New Brighton man is accused of stabbing two people in their bed before fleeing the scene in a stolen vehicle.
New Brighton stabbing
What we know:
According to charges filed in Anoka County Court, officers with the Coon Rapids Police Department responded to a stabbing at a home near Ibis Street NW on Aug. 27.
Wesley Al McDaniel, 35, of New Brighton, is accused of stabbing two adults — a man and a woman — while they were in bed at a Coon Rapids residence. According to the complaint, one of the victims called 911 and told dispatch that both he and the woman had been stabbed by McDaniel.…