- A Riverton man was stabbed during a dog-walking argument with his brother Thursday.
- Dane Bunderson Talbot, 42, was arrested for investigation of aggravated assault causing serious injury.
- The victim, stabbed in the abdomen, was last reported to be in surgery and was expected to survive.
RIVERTON — An argument over walking the dog late Thursday resulted in one man being stabbed and his brother arrested.
Dane Bunderson Talbot, 42, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of aggravated assault resulting in serious injury.
Riverton police responded about 11:15 p.m. to the area of 5300 West and 14175 South after a 13-year-old girl called to say her uncle, Talbot, just stabbed her other uncle, a 40-year-old man who is Talbot's brother, according to a police booking affidavit.
"(The victim) sustained a singular stab wound to his abdomen," the affidavit states. "As of writing this report, the victim is currently in surgery. He is expected to survive, but the full extent of injuries is unknown."
As police tried to sort out what led up to the stabbing, officers learned that the two men had been arguing about walking the dog.
"Dane was going to walk the dog without a leash. Dane's mother insisted he put the leash on the dog. The victim agreed with their mother, telling Dane if that if the dog got hit by a car, he'd beat the (expletive) out of him. A verbal confrontation ensued, and it quickly turned physical," according to the affidavit.
Talbot then went to his room and got two throwing knives, police said.
Witnesses said Talbot then began chasing his brother "bearing a knife in each hand throughout the kitchen. In self-defense, the witnesses described the victim using a cane and sitting bench against Dane trying to prevent Dane from getting to him. Dane dropped one knife but used the other to stab the victim," the affidavit alleges.
"Dane initially stated he stabbed his brother on accident as he was simply trying to stop the bench which the victim had flipped toward him. I confronted Dane with inconsistencies in his story and the improbable nature of how he had explained the stabbing occurred. Dane, after being confronted, retracted his statement. He explained that he thrust the knife in the victim's direction to scare him but did not stab him intentionally," according to the arrest report.
