A Paulding County man was stabbed to death by his 17-year-old tenant Sunday night following a dispute, officials said.
Authorities were called to the 200 block of Ashbury Court in Dallas, where they found homeowner Brian Allan Johns, 58, with multiple stab wounds, Paulding County sheriff’s office spokesman Sgt. Ashley Henson said in a news release.
Credit: GoFundMe
Credit: GoFundMe
Detectives were able to determine that Johns had been stabbed by Elijah Nehemiah Harris after the two got into a fight, Henson said. Harris and his mother rented the basement apartment from Johns, Henson confirmed.
Kasmin Johns, Brian’s daughter, wrote in a GoFundMe page she created for his funeral that she had spoken to him at 10:12 p.m. Sunday. Thirty minutes later, she received a call that he had suffered multiple stabbings to the back of his neck, Kasmin wrote.
“I am praying for justice to be served. My dad was so funny, loving and caring with not one aggressive bone in his body,” Kasmin wrote.
Harris was charged with murder and aggravated assault and booked into the Paulding County Jail without bond, Henson said.
Detectives ask that anyone with information about the incident contact the sheriff’s office tip line at 770-443-3047.
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