{"id":220920,"date":"2026-06-17T00:04:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/220920\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T00:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:04:46","slug":"erie-father-accused-of-stabbing-his-son-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/220920\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie father accused of stabbing his son Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A father is behind bars Monday night after allegedly stabbing his son in the stomach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">James Dunn, 59, was arrested and facing several charges, including aggravated assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/state-police-investigating-alleged-child-luring-in-tidioute\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:State police investigating alleged child luring in Tidioute;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;State police investigating alleged child luring in Tidioute&quot;}\"> State police investigating alleged child luring in Tidioute <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident took place Sunday evening, just before 9 pm, when City of Erie police were called to the 1200 block of East 7th Street for a stabbing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When officers arrived on scene, they found the victim, who stated that Dunn had stabbed him inside the house after an argument.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the police chief, Dunn was later found at a nearby gas station with a knife, box cutter and multiple baggies, likely containing meth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The victim is currently stable at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A father is behind bars Monday night after allegedly stabbing his son in the stomach. James Dunn, 59,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[4862,96214,136,138,137,96213,2794],"class_list":["post-220920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-aggravated-assault","tag-east-7th-street","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-james-dunn","tag-stabbing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}