Man charged with murder after family stabbing spree, Bridgeport police say
Officers say 44-year-old Jahmar Whittingham had been staying with the victims for several months.
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A Bridgeport man killed one family member and injured two others with a knife Monday morning at a home on Laurel Avenue, according to police.
Officers arrested 44-year-old Jahmar Whittingham around 5:00 a.m. after police found him standing in front of the house holding a large kitchen knife.
Police say 60-year-old Eric Johnson was found lying in front of the home with a stab wound to the chest, along with an 85-year-old woman stabbed in the abdomen next to him. Officers also found a 62-year-old man in a driveway on the side of the house with stab wounds to his back and side.
Johnson later died at the hospital. The other victims underwent surgeries Monday morning.
Harvey Nelson, a family member of Whittingham's, was inside the home when it all went down.
"I heard a lot of noise early in the morning, and I called downstairs to ask what the noise was about," Nelson says. "He came outside, and I guess the guy who was on the porch, he just started stabbing him up. Then, after he stabbed him up, he stabbed the grandmother and then came upstairs and tried to kill me and my brother."
Officers say all of the victims lived in the house, and Whittingham had been staying with them for several months.
Other family members told News 12 that Whittingham's mental health may have been a contributing factor.
Whittingham's charges are:
Murder
Assault in the 1st degree on an elderly person
Assault in the 1st degree
Home invasion
He is being held on a $1 million bond.
