MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A Christmas Day jailhouse stabbing reportedly was over allegations of a theft that the victim supposedly had committed, according to testimony at a preliminary hearing Monday.
Archie Niles Jr., an investigator with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, testified that Kilpatrick Taylor suffered 10 stab wounds from homemade knives, or “shanks.” He testified that Taylor suffered serious injuries, including a punctured lung that required surgery.
Mobile County District Judge Zackery Moore determined that there is sufficient evidence for a grand jury to consider first-degree assault charges against four prisoners – Jeffrey Blackston, who was convicted in December of capital murder; Gadrick Overstreet, who is charged with a fatal shooting after a high school graduation party in May last year; Derrick Williams-McGlasker, who is charged with shooting two men on St. Stephens Road in August; and Antwan Williams, who is charged with a fatal shooting in 2020 on Louise Drive…