MEDIA RELEASE

Male stabbed during fight

BLM land north of Coyner (Redmond)

BY: Sergeant Troy Gotchy

 

Victim: Frisbee, Kevin Anthony 20 years of age

Redmond, Oregon

 

Arrested: Mitchell, Tyler Shane 18 years of age

Sisters, Oregon

 

Charges:

Unlawful Use of a Weapon

 

On 02/11/12 at approximately 0026 hours, Deputies were dispatched to St. Charles Medical Center in Redmond for a stabbing. Staff at the hospital advised a male, later identified as Kevin Frisbee, had been brought into their facility with stab wounds. Frisbee was contacted at the hospital, and identified the suspect as Tyler Mitchell.

 

Mitchell later met Deputies south of the hospital, and was taken into custody without incident. During the course of the investigation, it was learned there had been a physical fight between Mitchell and Frisbee on BLM land north of Coyner Avenue. Frisbee was stabbed during the fight, and taken to the hospital by friends. The reason for the fight is still under investigation.

 

Mitchell was lodged at the Deschutes County Jail for the above listed charges. Frisbee was treated at St. Charles in Redmond and later released. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office was assisted in this investigation by the Redmond Police Department. 

 

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office at 541-693-6911.