TMP Reports
Posted: Monday, November 16, 2009 2:59 pm

A father suffered multiple stab wounds from his son Sunday morning inside their Smyrna home, a sheriff’s deputy reported.

Andy Seymour, 52, of Olive Branch Road, suffered a stab wound to the back and cuts to his face and neck, Deputy Derrick McCullough reported. He was treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.

Son Adam Seymour, 24, of the same address, was charged with aggravated domestic assault.

McCullough found the father lying face down outside the home with a large stab wound to the center of his back next to his spine and another large laceration on the left side of his face to his neck.

“Both wounds were bleeding severely and Mr. Andy Seymour was complaining of a burning and tingling sensation over his entire body,” McCullough reported.

The father was in the living room when he felt a sharp pain in his back, the deputy reported. As he turned, he saw his son stabbed him. Before he could react, the father reported his son cut his face.

He attempted to block his son from cutting him again but he accused his son of trying continually to stab him, the deputy reported. He went outside to get away and fell in the front yard. A neighbor heard Seymour yelling for help and called 911.

Paramedics treated the father before taking him to Vanderbilt.

Deputies found the son about one-fourth mile away from the home. Deputy Dennis Ward took the son to the Adult Detention Center and booked him.

Detectives Scott Tillman and Lisa Svitak collected evidence and took photographs.

Tillman obtained arrest warrants. A hearing is pending in General Sessions Court.