Athens man attacks homeowner, gets stabbed

ATHENS, Tenn. (WDEF) — A domestic dispute resulted in a man being stabbed in Athens, according to police officers.

Athens police said they responded to a house on Jones Street and found a man lying in the yard with multiple stab wounds.

According to witnesses, the man was drunk and looking for his wife. Witnesses told police the man’s wife had gone to her father’s house to hide from her drunk husband.

They told police he had called his wife and made threats to her several times.

Police said the man then showed up at this house, forced his way in, started assaulting his wife’s father and destroying things.

The homeowner told police he grabbed the first thing he could find to stop the attack, which happened to be a knife.

Athens police said the man was going through surgery due to the stab wounds.

Police are still investigating.