Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, June 19, 1990 TAG: 9006250174
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: laurence hammack
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Police reported the following incidents:
Justin Shane Ark, 19, of Bower Road Southwest, told police that two men struck him with a baseball bat in an argument in front of an apartment in the 2300 block of Winthrop Avenue Southwest at 2:10 a.m. Sunday.
Ark was taken to Lewis-Gale Hospital with injuries to his forehead and left ear. An investigation is continuing.
Also on the 2300 block of Winthrop Avenue, Gary Gene Gentry, 20, of the 800 block of Jamison Avenue Southeast, was stabbed several times in an argument with several men.
Police found Gentry lying in front of an apartment complex about 9:30 p.m. Sunday. He was listed in stable condition Monday at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
A suspect told police that he and two other people were drinking when they attacked Gentry.
Ross R. Campbell, 23, of Vinton was stabbed after an argument with several people as he left a Southeast Roanoke bar about 12:30 a.m. Saturday.
Campbell's wife said her husband suffered from multiple stab wounds to the chest and back.
Police said Campbell was taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital, but hospital officials had no information on his condition Monday.
William McKinnley Ross, 43, of the 1500 block of 16th Street Northwest, told police he angered his neighbor at his home while joking.
Ross was struck on the head with a metal folding chair and was taken to Community Hospital.
Police arrested Anthony Lee Brown, 18, and charged him with malicious wounding.
Anthony Scott Carter, 20, of Highland Avenue Southwest, was stabbed several times in an argument with Tammy Denise Barrett, 20, about 10:45 p.m. Sunday at the 7-Eleven store on McDowell Avenue.
Carter pulled a pocketknife, dropped it, and was stabbed several times with the weapon. Barrett was charged with malicious wounding.
***CORRECTION***
Published correction ran on June 23, 1990\ Because of a reporter's error, the location of a stabbing on McDowell Avenue was incorrect in a story published Tuesday. The offense happened at 711 McDowell Avenue Northwest.
Memo: CORRECTION