Racine fatal stabbing, 9th and Walnut, woman in custody
RACINE, Wis. - A man, 27 was stabbed to death near 9th and Walnut in Racine on Saturday night, June 10. Police say the woman who was arrested admitted to it.
FOX6 News spoke with a distraught neighbor who said the victim came to him for help and then died in his arms.
Police responded around 6:30 p.m. and found the victim lying on the sidewalk, bleeding from his chest. Racine police said he died at the hospital.
Prosecutors identified the suspect as Adela Gomez, 28, booked into jail on pending first-degree intentional homicide charges. The neighbor said Gomez and the victim were always friendly, but he said what he heard on Saturday night will haunt him.
Adela Gomez, Racine 9th and Walnut stabbing
David Molkentine said he was grilling when he heard his neighbors yelling.
"Then all of a sudden, I heard, 'You stabbed me!'" said Molkentine.
Shortly thereafter, he saw his neighbor.
"He comes out, he's holding his chest, and it's full of blood -- oozing blood," said Molkentine.
Molkentine said his neighbor came to him for help after he was stabbed.
Racine 9th and Walnut stabbing
"He died in front of me," said Molkentine. "He died. He never made it to the ambulance, and he died. He was my neighbor, friend."
Police say Gomez admitted to stabbing the man.
"Why do people have to die in your arms in your driveway in this day and age? Why? Why?" said Molkentine.
Molkentine said he knows there was nothing else he could have done to save his neighbor, but he shared a message he hopes will help someone else.
"These were good people," said Molkentine. "Why? This domestic must stop. Please. Somehow."
Racine 9th and Walnut stabbing
Gomez was arrested Saturday on the pending charge of first-degree intentional homicide.
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Racine police investigators are interested in any additional information that anyone may have about this incident. Any witnesses or citizens with information are urged to call the Racine Police Department Investigations Unit at 262-635-7756.
Racine 9th and Walnut stabbing
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