SUNBURY -- A Sunbury man is dead and his girlfriend hurt, after police say the woman's son stabbed them both.
Sunbury police say the three got into a fight early Wednesday morning which resulted in homicide.
Edgar Gearhart, 19, of Sunbury was arrested Wednesday and faces charges, including criminal homicide. He is accused of stabbing both his mother and her boyfriend, leaving the boyfriend dead.
Police say a family feud led to the death of a man at a house on North Fifth Street in Sunbury.
Police accuse Gearhart of stabbing his mother in the back and killing her boyfriend.
Sunbury police say it started at a family friend's house on North Sixth Street. According to court papers, Gearhart, his mother Amy, and her boyfriend Robert Blake were drinking alcohol. When they tried to get a ride back to Amy's house in Selinsgrove, there was no room for Edgar.
That's when police say he got upset and stabbed his mother in the back.
After Gearhart allegedly stabbed his mom, police say he walked down this street with Blake. According to court papers, that's when he stabbed Blake in the upper thigh.
Sunbury police found Blake on the porch of a home on North Fifth Street.
"As far as I know he was conscious when they got there. He was still alive," said Police Chief Brad Hare.
He says Blake died a few minutes later and Edgar Gearhart was arrested and charged with criminal homicide. Gearhart told police he hid the knife under a vehicle.
"I couldn't figure out what was going on until I came out here and saw the blood."
Neighbor John Swank says there was a lot commotion outside his property.
"I walked down here and there was blood all over the porch," Swank said.
Chief Hare says a hazmat crew was called in to clean up the blood. He says there were several crime scenes starting on North Sixth Street.
"Eventually it went over towards Fifth Street towards, the Goodwill Fire Company; I believe it was Masser Street. That's where the second crime scene is, in the alleyway there, and it ended up on Fifth Street," the chief said.
Amy Gearhart is listed in fair condition at Geisinger Medical Center near Danville. Her son Edgar was taken to the Snyder County Prison where he's locked up without bail.