2 frantic calls about stabbing in progress; ''protection'' comes too late

11:39am Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Aug. 31, 2004
Akron Beacon Journal (click here for complete story)

Calls lead to knifing arrest
3 people frantically phone 911 about stabbing death of unidentified man in Akron

Frantic telephone calls to the Akron Police Department describe a Sunday night homicide as it was taking place and helped police arrest a suspect.

John Rebovich faces a murder charge in the death of an unidentified man who police say was stabbed about 11:30 p.m. in the 1000 block of Mercer Avenue in West Akron.

Akron police released three 911 calls related to the stabbing.

In the first call, a Mercer Avenue woman who said she was awakened by a disturbance told a police dispatcher that "someone is screaming and they're fighting up the street.'' She said she wouldn't go outside to investigate.

In the second call, another Mercer Avenue woman initially described the incident as an automobile accident, with one man possibly pinned in the vehicle. She said her husband was going across the street to help, and then the call turned frantic.

The woman yelled to the dispatcher, "Somebody got a knife,'' and for her husband to get back. A man in the background then said someone in the car had been stabbed.

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"Hurry up! There's going to be a killing! He's bleeding to death,'' the woman screamed to the dispatcher.

"He's got to come now,'' said the woman's husband. "He done stabbed this guy in the back seat.''

The woman told the dispatcher that the vehicle was taking off. She told the dispatcher, "You'll find the car because there's blood all on the car.''

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