Note to self: Do NOT intervene in a sword fight...A Northwestside fight involving a sword early this morning left three people stabbed, one of them dead and one under arrest for attempted murder.
Christopher O. Rondeau, 39, is being held on preliminary murder charges at the medical holding facility at Wishard Memorial Hospital. He was arrested by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department after a fight at 5259 N. Raceway Rd. Rondeau was in stable condition.
The fight was reported about 1 a.m. today. Rondeau and Adolf Stegbauer, 69, both of Indianapolis, were "actively involved in a sword fight," IMPD spokesman Sgt. Matt Mount said in a statement. One man used what police described as a World War II Japanese officer's sword and another had a thin blade sword, although investigators were not immediately certain which weapon was used by which man.
En garde, gramps!
I'll show you, young punk!
Preliminary reports from police said that Franziska Stegbauer, 77, Indianapolis, tried to break up the fight and was fatally stabbed. Police found all three victims inside the residence on Raceway Road when they arrived early this morning.
I wonder how many empties they found?
An autopsy performed today has determined that a stab wound from a sword was the cause of death.
"Brilliant deduction, Quincy! How do you do it?"
Adolf Stegbauer was taken to surgery at Wishard, and was reported in serious condition this afternoon. Police said Rondeau was Franziska Stegbauer's grandson. Police do not know how the fight started or who stabbed Stegbauer, Mount said.
It's a mystery, Muldoon. A mystery...