Man On The Loose, Suspected Of Stabbing Father In Dilworth

A Dilworth man is accused of stabbing his father in the chest during an argument at an apartment in Dilworth late Tuesday night

DILWORTH, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – A Dilworth man is accused of stabbing his father in the chest during an argument at an apartment in Dilworth late Tuesday night.

Interim Police Chief Hunter Rawson says the victim suffered a clean cut-penetrating chest wound. He was taken to the emergency department at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo. He was later discharged.

Rawson identifies the suspect as 24-year-old Meredith Kingbird Jr., who is not in custody. A search for him is underway. The stabbing was reported just before midnight at an apartment on 5th St. NW.

Clay County deputies, Moorhead Police and the State Patrol assisted with the initial for Kingbird.