24-year-old man charged after stabbing man; neither the suspect nor victim previously knew each other, Burlington police say

Updated: 2:31 PM EDT May 18, 2025

SO STICK AROUND. ALL RIGHT, DYLAN, THANK YOU. BREAKING OVERNIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY, AUTHORITIES SAY TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN A DOZEN OTHERS WERE INJURED AFTER A MEXICAN NAVY TRAINING SHIP CRASHED INTO THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. HERE’S VIDEO FROM THAT SCENE. LAST NIGHT, NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS CONFIRMED THAT AT LEAST 19 OF THE SHIP’S 277 PASSENGERS ARE HURT, WITH TWO OF THOSE INJURED IN CRITICAL CONDITION. ANOTHER TWO PASSENGERS DIED FROM THEIR INJURIES. NOW, AUTHORITIES SAY THE BRIDGE IS OPEN AFTER CLOSING FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS LAST NIGHT AND THAT THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF ANY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD IS INVESTIGATING THAT INCIDENT. AND NOW TO PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, WHERE ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND FIVE OTHERS ARE HURT AFTER AN EXPLOSION OUTSIDE OF A FERTILITY CLINIC. HERE’S FOOTAGE FROM THAT SCENE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE BLAST DAMAGED THE AMERICAN REPRODUCTIVE CENTER’S FOR FERTILITY CLINIC AND SEVERAL NEARBY BUILDINGS. THE FBI IS NOW INVESTIGATING THIS AS AN ACT OF TERRORISM. MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS AN INTENTIONAL ACT OF TERRORISM. THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING IT. AS SUCH, OUR JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE IS HERE WORKING IN LOCKSTEP WITH THE PALM SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE ATF, AND A WHOLE HOST OF AGENCIES THAT HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED. AND NOW WE’RE HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO WITNESSED THAT EXPLOSION. NEMA TABRIZI WAS A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE CLINIC WHEN HE FELT THE BLAST. IT WAS A IT WAS A PRETTY CRAZY EXPLOSIVE. YOU COULD DEFINITELY FEEL IT. IT WAS PRETTY WILD. NEVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEFORE IN MY LIFE. IT’S ONLY ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY FROM WHERE WE WERE STAYING AT AS WELL, SO IT WAS PRETTY WILD. NOW, AUTHORITIES ARE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING WHETHER A NEARBY RESIDENCE WAS INVOLVED IN THAT ATTACK. OFFICIALS SAY THERE COULD BE EVACUATIONS IN THAT AREA AS A PRECAUTION, WHILE CREWS INVESTIGATE THE FERTILITY CENTER DAMAGED IN THE EXPLOSION HOPES TO BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY TOMORROW MORNING. OF COURSE, OUR COVERAGE OF THIS DEVELOPING STORY CONTINUES ON OUR WEBSITE AT WXII 12.COM. THERE YOU CAN FIND THE LATEST UPDATES AS AUTHORITIES CONTINUE INVESTIGATING THIS CASE. NOW TO LOUISIANA, WHERE THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR SEVEN INMATES WHO ESCAPED FROM THE ORLEANS PARISH JAIL. LOUISIANA STATE POLICE CONFIRMED THREE OF THE TEN INMATES WHO ESCAPED HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO A STATE FACILITY. LSP POSTED PICTURES ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF KENDALL, MILES, KEENAN, DENNIS AND ROBERT MOODY BEING ESCORTED ONTO A HELICOPTER. THE MEN WHO YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT THERE ARE STILL ON THE RUN AND ARE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS AT THIS TIME. THESE MEN ARE SAID TO HAVE ENTERED A CELL, REMOVED A TOILET FROM THE WALL AND CRAWLED THROUGH THE HOLE BEFORE SCALING A FENCE AND RUNNING ACROSS I-10. AND NOW TO THE VATICAN CITY, WHERE THE INAUGURATION FOR THE FIRST AMERICAN POPE ISPOFFICIALL HERE’S A LIVE LOOK AT SAINT PETER’S SQUARE EARLIER THIS MORNING, WHERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE GATHERING AT THE SITE OF POPE LEO THE 14TH INAUGURAL MASS. WHILE HE WAS ELECTED TEN DAYS AGO. TODAY’S CEREMONIES MARKED THE OFFICIAL START OF HIS PAPACY. BACK IN NORTH CAROLINA, NOW, WHERE BRUNSWICK COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE SHARING NEW DETAILS AFTER A HOUSE EXPLODED IN THE TOWN OF LELAND FRIDAY NIGHT, TOWN OFFICIALS SAY THE EXPLOSION, WHICH ORIGINATED FROM A TOWNHOUSE UNIT ON SUNCREST WAY, CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO AT LEAST FOUR HOMES. NOW, OFFICIALS SAY THOSE HOMES ARE NO LONGER SAFE TO OCCUPY DUE TO THE DAMAGE. BUILDING INSPECTORS, POLICE AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WILL REMAIN ON THE SCENE AS THEY CONTINUE TO EVALUATE HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL IS IMPLEMENTING A NEW RECRUITMENT PROGRAM TO ADDRESS A SIGNIFICANT SHORTAGE OF TROOPERS. THE AGENCY SAYS IT HAS NEARLY 200 POSITIONS ACROSS THE STATE GOING UNFILLED. MARK LIVERMAN HAS MORE ON HOW THEY’RE LOOKING TO BRING IN MORE TROOPS. THE NORTH STATE ONE TWO. IDA 423. YES, SIR. NORTH STATE ONE IS APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES. ETA IF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL’S RECRUITING DOCUMENTARY DOESN’T LURE YOU INTO THE FORCE, HOW ABOUT GETTING PAID FOR TROOPER TRAINING? MORNING? 164 BYTES OF SCHOOL. AND THE PERKS DON’T END THERE. THAT SALARY, ALONG WITH FULL STATE BENEFITS. AND THEY START BUILDING TOWARD THEIR STATE RETIREMENT IMMEDIATELY. ALL OF IT BEING PUT INTO PLAY FOR JUST THE THIRD TIME EVER. THE REASON NGCP IS SEEING SOME OF ITS LOWEST ENROLLMENT RATES EVER. LIEUTENANT JOSH DOWELL, WHOSE TROOP COVERS THE STATE’S 17 MOST WESTERN COUNTIES, SAYS THEY HAVE 31 OPENINGS ALONE. WE’RE JUST NOT REALLY ABLE TO MAKE MUCH GROUND ON THOSE VACANCIES. IT’S ABOUT A SIXTH OF TROOP G’S. TOTAL NUMBER OF POSITIONS HAVING A DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR ROADS. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THINK THAT THE GUYS ARE OUT THERE FOR JUST FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PULLING PEOPLE OVER AND RIDING THEM TICKETS. BUT OUR GUYS, YOU KNOW, THE MISSION THAT WE HAVE GIVEN OUR TROOPERS IS TO GO OUT THERE AND TRY TO SAVE LIVES. TROOPERS THAT ARE CRUCIAL NOT JUST TO SAVE LIVES, BUT TO STOP SOMEONE WHO RISKS TAKING SOMEONE ELSE’S TO SERVE AS A DETERRENT. YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SPEEDING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. THEY SEE THAT TROOPER CAR SITTING THERE ON THE INTERSTATE, AND THEY’LL SLOW DOWN, THE NEED ONLY EXACERBATED BY THE MASSIVE POPULATION BOOM SEEN IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. IT’S KIND OF THE SAME THING ALL ACROSS THE STATE, JUST THE NUMBER OF TROOPERS HAS MAINTAINED THE SAME. BUT, YOU KNOW, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE, MORE AND MORE VEHICLES, MORE AND MORE VISITORS TO THE STATE. AS FOR WHAT’S STOPPING RECRUITS FROM APPLYING, IT MOSTLY COMES DOWN TO TIME AND MONEY. IT’S JUST A HUGE COMMITMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK SOME OF THAT WAS A ROADBLOCK FOR PEOPLE. BUT LIEUTENANT DOWELL IS HOPING THIS PROGRAM WILL HELP LIFT THAT ROADBLOCK. I MEAN, THIS COULD BE A GAME CHANGER FOR SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO BECOME HIGHWAY PATROL. OTHERWISE. CORRECT? CORRECT. AND THAT’S. AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR, MAN. WE’RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO WHO REALLY HAVE A HAVE A DESIRE TO DO THIS JOB AND JUST, YOU KNOW, COULDN’T WORK IT OUT OTHERWISE. SO THE TROOPERS CAN FOCUS ON THE MISSION. DANVILLE MENTIONED GETTING OUT THERE AND SAVING LIVES. THAT WAS MARK LIVERMAN REPORTING. NOW NEW THIS MORNING, PART OF A WELL-TRAVELED WINSTON-SALEM ROAD IS CLOSED DUE TO A CRASH. THE EASTBOUND LANES ON NEW WALKERTOWN ROAD AT NORTH JACKSON AVENUE ARE SHUT DOWN AT THIS TIME. POLICE TELL US THE CRASH HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER 1 A.M. NOW, THERE’S NO WORD ON WHEN THE ROAD WILL REOPEN, BUT DRIVERS ARE ASKED TO FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. IN THE MEANTIME, WHEN WE HAVE MORE INFOR

Updated: 2:31 PM EDT May 18, 2025

A 24-year-old man has been arrested after an early morning stabbing, according to the Burlington Police Department.On Sunday around 6:45 a.m., officers said they received a call about an assault with injuries in the 3000 block of Garden Road.Responding officers said they found the 45-year-old victim on the scene and began rendering aid. The victim was taken to a local hospital, and is currently in stable condition. Officers were able to make contact with the suspect and took him into custody without issue. After investigation, officers said 24-year-old Richard Mass-Blakely was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury for stabbing the victim.There is no word on what led to the assault; however police said neither the suspect nor victim previously knew each other.Mass-Blakely is being held at the Alamance County Jail with no bond. There is no ongoing threat to the public. Subscribe to WXII’s YouTube channel hereWatch: NOWCAST streaming newscastsKeep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII appNAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Watch NOWCAST TV | Local News | National | News We Love

BURLINGTON, N.C. —

A 24-year-old man has been arrested after an early morning stabbing, according to the Burlington Police Department.

On Sunday around 6:45 a.m., officers said they received a call about an assault with injuries in the 3000 block of Garden Road.

Responding officers said they found the 45-year-old victim on the scene and began rendering aid. The victim was taken to a local hospital, and is currently in stable condition.

Officers were able to make contact with the suspect and took him into custody without issue. After investigation, officers said 24-year-old Richard Mass-Blakely was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury for stabbing the victim.

There is no word on what led to the assault; however police said neither the suspect nor victim previously knew each other.

Mass-Blakely is being held at the Alamance County Jail with no bond. There is no ongoing threat to the public.

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