Investigators search for stabbing suspect

By Mike Kallok
Bemidji Pioneer

The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office is working to identify the man responsible for stabbing a 29-year-old Redby man early Sunday morning outside a Wilton bar.

The victim, identified as Keveon Kingbird, told police he was leaving the Git-R-Dun Saloon in Wilton around 1 a.m. when a white male reached inside his vehicle and stabbed him in the abdomen, according to investigators.

Kingbird was driven by an acquaintance to North Country Regional Hospital where he was listed in stable condition on Wednesday.

According to statements Kingbird gave to investigators, the stabbing may have been provoked by an incident earlier that evening.

Kingbird told police he was interrupted by the suspect while looking at a female but said no further altercations took place inside the bar.

The victim and witnesses described the suspect as a tall, heavy-set white male wearing a blue, mesh-back baseball cap.