Police have issued an aggravated battery warrant for the arrest of Devonj L. Wilson, 26, of Chicago, as a suspect in the stabbing June 26 at Panther Liquors.

On the evening of June 26, Robert Davies, a biology major, was working at Panther Liquors when he saw a man running to the east side of the building and thought it was suspicious.

Davies said he went outside to see what was going on and found two men in a struggle.

“I went out there and one guy on top of another guy,” he said. “I (didn’t) have my contacts in, so I really (couldn’t) see the stabbing, but I knew something was wrong.”

He then proceeded back into the store and called the police.

Davies said a woman then came running across Lincoln Avenue to the store, and Davies flagged down an officer he saw in the street while he was still on the phone with the police dispatcher.

Davies said he then went back inside and locked the door.

“I come inside, I lock the door cause the guy runs over here,” he said. “I think he’s coming after me, but he’s not.”

Davies said there was still some daylight out when the stabbing occurred, or he would not have been able to see the side of the building.

Davies said the victim came in to thank him the next day, and that the victim had three stab wounds.

Marcus Smith can be reached at 581-2812 or masmith6@eiu.edu.