Suspect charged, victim identified in Thanksgiving stabbing

Published: Nov. 28, 2013 at 1:57 PM CST|Updated: Dec. 12, 2013 at 1:57 PM CST
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200 block of W. 79th Street, Shreveport
200 block of W. 79th Street, Shreveport
200 block of W. 79th Street, Shreveport
200 block of W. 79th Street, Shreveport

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - Shreveport police have made an arrest in the stabbing early Thanksgiving morning in Cedar Grove that left a local man in the hospital with serious injuries.

55-year-old Dewayne Goins is charged with attempted second degree murder. Police say it happened just before 8 a.m. Thursday during an argument at a home in the 200 block of W. 70th St.

Goins is accused of pulling a knife and stabbing 32-year-old Lorenzo Lewis before fleeing the scene. Goins was taken into custody nearby a short time later.

Lewis was taken to University Health, where he is said to be "stable."

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