Teh One Who Knocks
12-01-2020, 12:04 PM
By Joshua Rhett Miller - New York Post
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A post-Thanksgiving dinner brawl turned deadly in Chicago when the host’s boyfriend was killed — for confronting a guest who’d dug into leftovers with his bare hands, prosecutors said.
James Dixon, 29, is facing a first-degree murder charge in the deadly stabbing of Vincell Jackson, 52, who prosecutors said escorted Dixon to the door of a Marquette Park residence at about 3:15 a.m. Friday over the uncouth act, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Dixon, who had allegedly downed several alcoholic beverages prior to the deadly confrontation, punched Jackson, who was dating the host, before the fight moved to the front porch, prosecutors told a judge Sunday.
Dixon then stabbed Jackson nine times, leaving him with wounds to his head and face, and fled as the older man held onto a banister, Assistant State’s Attorney Susie Bucaro told Judge Susana Ortiz.
Despite witnesses to the fight, no one saw the fatal stabbing.
Jackson was later pronounced dead at a hospital from multiple stab wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, the Tribune reported.
Dixon, of the city’s Fernwood section, was taken into custody about eight hours later at Holy Cross Hospital, where he went for cuts to his neck and finger, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Dixon had multiple knives on him at the time, including one that was covered in blood, Bucaro said in court Sunday. He also had a minor cut to his hand that appeared to be an injury from the stabbing, the Tribune reported.
An attorney for Dixon claimed he had acted in self-defense, insisting several wounds to his body show he was merely trying to protect himself. But Bucaro said several witnesses at the party described Dixon as the aggressor in the fatal fight, adding that Jackson had asked someone to call the cops, the Tribune reported.
Dixon — a Walmart worker with three prior felony convictions, including arson — was ordered held on $350,000 bail.
Prosecutors had sought to keep him held without bail until trial.
Prior to being escorted out of court Sunday, Dixon flatly asked a judge what time he faces if convicted, the Tribune reported.
“I was just asking, how much does the case carry?” Dixon asked.
“First-degree murder from 20 to 60 years, sir,” Ortiz told Dixon, who is due back in court Thursday.
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A post-Thanksgiving dinner brawl turned deadly in Chicago when the host’s boyfriend was killed — for confronting a guest who’d dug into leftovers with his bare hands, prosecutors said.
James Dixon, 29, is facing a first-degree murder charge in the deadly stabbing of Vincell Jackson, 52, who prosecutors said escorted Dixon to the door of a Marquette Park residence at about 3:15 a.m. Friday over the uncouth act, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Dixon, who had allegedly downed several alcoholic beverages prior to the deadly confrontation, punched Jackson, who was dating the host, before the fight moved to the front porch, prosecutors told a judge Sunday.
Dixon then stabbed Jackson nine times, leaving him with wounds to his head and face, and fled as the older man held onto a banister, Assistant State’s Attorney Susie Bucaro told Judge Susana Ortiz.
Despite witnesses to the fight, no one saw the fatal stabbing.
Jackson was later pronounced dead at a hospital from multiple stab wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, the Tribune reported.
Dixon, of the city’s Fernwood section, was taken into custody about eight hours later at Holy Cross Hospital, where he went for cuts to his neck and finger, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Dixon had multiple knives on him at the time, including one that was covered in blood, Bucaro said in court Sunday. He also had a minor cut to his hand that appeared to be an injury from the stabbing, the Tribune reported.
An attorney for Dixon claimed he had acted in self-defense, insisting several wounds to his body show he was merely trying to protect himself. But Bucaro said several witnesses at the party described Dixon as the aggressor in the fatal fight, adding that Jackson had asked someone to call the cops, the Tribune reported.
Dixon — a Walmart worker with three prior felony convictions, including arson — was ordered held on $350,000 bail.
Prosecutors had sought to keep him held without bail until trial.
Prior to being escorted out of court Sunday, Dixon flatly asked a judge what time he faces if convicted, the Tribune reported.
“I was just asking, how much does the case carry?” Dixon asked.
“First-degree murder from 20 to 60 years, sir,” Ortiz told Dixon, who is due back in court Thursday.