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Tevin A. Geike was allegedly stabbed to death in Washington Saturday night
while he was out celebrating the end of his military service with two other military friends, Matthew Barnes and Brian Johnson.
The two friends told police the three of them were walking when a group of African-American men pulled up to them in a car and yelled out ‘White,’ and ‘Cracker,’ to them. The soldiers then questioned the men in the vehicle, “So this is how we treat combat veterans now?â€
The five men got out of the vehicle and confronted the three men. The men began to argue, however when the driver reportedly realized the three men were combat soldiers he told other four men to stop the confrontation.
Geike’s friends said as the suspects walked back to their vehicle man, one of them allegedly stabbed Geike in the chest before they all escaped in a dark blue sedan. They said Geike fell to the ground and began to bleed.
Barnes tried to stop the bleeding. "I was sitting there, holding my hand on his chest, and then called 911 with my left, screaming at them and telling them exactly where we were and they need to hurry and hurry and hurry," he said.
Emergency medical workers pronounced Geike dead at the scene.
The initial reports also described the five as black males, however authorities now say there were four black males and a Hispanic male in the vehicle.
Police said they got a break in the case when one of the suspects asked a fellow soldier for help to mend his hand for a knife wound. That solider said the he told him he wounded his hand when he killed someone, but then said he injured his hand while cutting vegetables. The soldier became suspicious and informed his sergeant, the sergeant than contacted the police.
Police have arrested three soldiers in connection with the stabbing death.
Jeremiah Hill, 23; Cedarium Johnson, 21; and Ajoni Runnion-Bareford, 21, were arrested on charges of murder in the death Saturday of Army Spc. Tevin Geike, police said Monday.
Police initially said they were investigating the death as a possible hate crime.
After interviewing everybody that was involved they believe that race was not a motivating factor, a spokesperson for the Lakewood Police said.
while he was out celebrating the end of his military service with two other military friends, Matthew Barnes and Brian Johnson.
The two friends told police the three of them were walking when a group of African-American men pulled up to them in a car and yelled out ‘White,’ and ‘Cracker,’ to them. The soldiers then questioned the men in the vehicle, “So this is how we treat combat veterans now?â€
The five men got out of the vehicle and confronted the three men. The men began to argue, however when the driver reportedly realized the three men were combat soldiers he told other four men to stop the confrontation.
Geike’s friends said as the suspects walked back to their vehicle man, one of them allegedly stabbed Geike in the chest before they all escaped in a dark blue sedan. They said Geike fell to the ground and began to bleed.
Barnes tried to stop the bleeding. "I was sitting there, holding my hand on his chest, and then called 911 with my left, screaming at them and telling them exactly where we were and they need to hurry and hurry and hurry," he said.
Emergency medical workers pronounced Geike dead at the scene.
The initial reports also described the five as black males, however authorities now say there were four black males and a Hispanic male in the vehicle.
Police said they got a break in the case when one of the suspects asked a fellow soldier for help to mend his hand for a knife wound. That solider said the he told him he wounded his hand when he killed someone, but then said he injured his hand while cutting vegetables. The soldier became suspicious and informed his sergeant, the sergeant than contacted the police.
Police have arrested three soldiers in connection with the stabbing death.
Jeremiah Hill, 23; Cedarium Johnson, 21; and Ajoni Runnion-Bareford, 21, were arrested on charges of murder in the death Saturday of Army Spc. Tevin Geike, police said Monday.
Police initially said they were investigating the death as a possible hate crime.
After interviewing everybody that was involved they believe that race was not a motivating factor, a spokesperson for the Lakewood Police said.
