Palatine Man Stabs 2 Others With Steak Knife After Argument Turns To Fist Fight: Cops

PALATINE, IL — A Palatine man is accused of stabbing his girlfriend's son and the son's friend with a steak knife Sunday after an argument between the trio escalated into a brawl, according to police. Duronn Adonis Fields, 31, of the 1300 block of Wyndham Circle, was charged with two counts of felony aggravated battery following the incident, and a charge of attempted murder was added later, according to the Chicago Tribune. He is being held on $1.75 million bail..

Palatine police responded to the report of a man with a knife at 10 p.m. Sunday, April 16, in the area of Fields' apartment. When officers arrived, they found two men with stab wounds in an apartment in that block, according to a police statement released Tuesday. The officers immediately began treating the victims, applying direct pressure to the more seriously injured of the two men.

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According to police, the two victims had been arguing earlier with Fields. The instigating event was when Fields hurled a plate of food against the wall of the apartment he shares with his girlfriend, the Tribune reports. Fields then allegedly punched one of the men in the face, setting off a tussle between all three men, police said.

As the struggle ensued, Fields allegedly pulled an 8-inch steak knife from his pocket. He is accused of stabbing his girlfriend's son, 23, twice in the back and the son's friend and roommate, 22, in the right side of his torso, police said. He also accidentally stabbed himself in the leg, the Tribune reports.

Fields — a registered sex offender stemming from the sexual assault of a child in Wisconsin, the Tribune reports — fled the scene after the stabbings before officers arrived at the scene, but police apprehended him quickly. The victims were taken to Lutheran General Hospital, according to the release. The girlfriend's son is still in intensive care after suffering a punctured lung, spleen, kidney and liver, the Tribune reports. The friend was treated and released.

UPDATED (5:22 p.m. Tuesday, April 18)

Duronn Adonis Fields, 31 (photo via Palatine Police Department)

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