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SYRACUSE – One adult and one juvenile are in custody after an alleged Sunday morning stabbing near Papakeechie Lake.
The stabbing victim is in serious condition at a South Bend hospital.
Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Dept. deputies and detectives preliminarily arrested Scott Daniel Koontz, 20, Boston Street, Syracuse, for felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. A 17-year-old male juvenile also was arrested in connection with the incident and is currently be held at The Woods Juvenile Center, Pierceton, on similar charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Koontz's bond was initially set at $5,000 by the Kosciusko County Prosecutor’s Office. The juvenile has a scheduled detention hearing later today in Kosciusko County Superior Court.
KCSD deputies responded to a 911 call of a possible stabbing Sunday at approximately 12:14 a.m. at 9774 E. Bald Eagle Drive, Syracuse, in the Papakeechie Estates addition. Upon arrival, officers located one individual laying in the front yard covered in blood with several other individuals at the location.
Witnesses at the scene advised officers of two possible suspects that were immediately taken into custody without incident.
The victim, Tyler James Niles, 24, Syracuse, was immediately transported from the scene by Syracuse/Turkey Creek Township EMS to Goshen General Hospital with a knife wound to the neck area. He was later transferred to a hospital in South Bend in serious condition due to his injuries.
