DULUTH — A man suffered life-threatening injuries when he was stabbed twice in the neck at a residence in Lakewood Township last week.
Authorities said Richard Joseph McCorison Jr., 44, of Hibbing, attacked David Burns, 45, from behind with a knife, intending to kill him Oct. 28. McCorison is charged with attempted premeditated first-degree murder and first-degree assault.
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A criminal complaint says the attack occurred at McCorison’s father’s home on Tischer Road, north of Duluth. St. Louis County sheriff’s deputies responded around 4:30 p.m.
The victim was transported to Aspirus St. Luke’s, where an emergency room doctor indicated either wound could have killed him. Burns was hooked up to a number of medical machines, but was able to provide a statement to deputies.
He indicated he was cleaning off a table when McCorison suddenly stabbed him in the neck. He fell to the ground with McCorison on top of him, and he was stabbed again in the throat.
Burns reported McCorison was stating that he “had to die” and that he had come there to kill him. He allegedly kicked the victim several times before he was pushed away by another family member.
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