Slain Trumbull Native Stabbed Repeatedly In Cellphone Robbery On DC Subway

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — A Trumbull native was stabbed to death in a cellphone robbery gone wrong aboard a subway train in Washington, D.C., with his assailant punching and stabbing him repeatedly in the chest, abdomen, back, side and arms in front of horrified passengers, according to the Washington Post.

Kevin Sutherland, a Trumbull native, had been an intern for U.S. Rep. Jim Himes.
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Jasper Spires, 18, was charged with Murder I While Armed in the death of a Trumbull native in DC.
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07/07/2015 2:15 p.m.

Kevin Joseph Sutherland, 24, struggled with his attacker, who had grabbed his cellphone from his waist, in the attack just before 1 p.m. Saturday, July 4, according to the Post, which cited a police arrest affidavit filed in court.

Police said Jasper Squires, who has been charged with murder, was using synthetic drugs, which can cause psychotic and violent behavior, the Post said.

After the fatal stabbing, Squires robbed two other passengers before the attack on Sutherland and another before fleeing the train at the the NoMa-Gallaudet stop, the Post said.

Squires, who attended Louisburg College, was arrested Monday after a police manhunt.

Sutherland, a graduate of Trumbull High School and a onetime intern for U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, was headed to a holiday outing with friends, the Post said. At the time of his death, Sutherland worked as a digital strategist at New Blue Interactive in Washington, D.C., a boutique digital/new media strategy firm that specializes in helping Democratic candidates and causes.

Read the police affidavit here. Read the full story here at the Washington Post.

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