SWAT team responds to stabbing incident

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) – Grand Junction Police officers responded to a stabbing Friday afternoon.

Officers arrived at Lucky Me Liquor around 4:10 p.m. and found the victim, an adult male, with an apparent stab wound. The victim was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The suspect fled the scene in a car and was located by GJPD and Colorado State Patrol at a residence in the area of ​​North 29 Road and Epps Drive. The suspect refused to exit the residence and was uncooperative. GJPD SWAT operators were dispatched to assist in contacting the suspect. At approximately 7:30 p.m., Donnie Tielor Powell, 31, was arrested and charged with:

• Second degree assault
• Harassment
• Threatening
• Threatening with a real or simulated weapon
• Flight
• Third-degree motor vehicle theft
• Obstructing a peace officer
• Resisting arrest

A shelter-in-place order was issued for the surrounding area and roads were closed at the time of the incident.

GJPD believes this is an isolated incident and there is no ongoing danger to the community. The investigation into this incident is ongoing and no further information is available at this time.