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Winchester Police: Stabbing victim hospitalized, arrest made

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WINCHESTER –  A Winchester man has been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following an early-Saturday morning stabbing, according to the Winchester Police Department.

Crime Prevention Specialist Jennifer Hall said that at around 5:45 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, officers responded to Gibbens Street for a reported stabbing.   They arrived on scene to find a 37-year-old male victim with multiple stab wounds to his chest, abdomen and legs.  The victim was transported to Winchester Medical Center with potentially life-threatening injuries. 

Kelvin Brown

Officers determined the stabbing occurred in an alleyway behind the 600 block of N. Loudoun Street, where they located a weapon believed to be involved in the incident.

A suspect, Kelvin Mc Lindsey Brown, 56, was taken into custody and charged with malicious wounding.  He is currently being held without bond at the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center. 

This investigation in ongoing, and Hall asked that anyone with additional information contact the Winchester Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at (540) 545-4704, or Crime Solvers at (540) 665-TIPS (8477). 

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