Fishing area stabbing leads to arrest

A man is under arrest after a stabbing yesterday at a southern Bartholomew County fishing spot.

32-year-old Taylor Horn of Columbus turned himself in to authorities and is facing preliminary charges of battery with a deadly weapon.

Authorities were called to the Grouse Ridge Public Fishing Area, near Ogilville, at about 4:30 p.m. yesterday after a woman reported that her estranged husband, Horn, had attacked and stabbed a male friend of hers. Horn also allegedly damaged and pushed his wife’s vehicle from the parking area.

Conservation officers with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources report that the victim was flown to IU Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis with a stab would to his abdomen.

Horn turned himself in to the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s department.

Bartholomew County deputies and conservation officers are investigating the case.