Police: Man stabbed after attempting to break into Redding home
Redding police are investigating a stabbing during a suspected home invasion in the 2200 block of Venus Way on Thursday evening, authorities said.
Officers were dispatched to the Venus Way address around 6 p.m. for a report of a man trying to force his way into a home.
Christian Phelps, 19, of Redding, told police that he stabbed the intruder, who was later identified as Charles Benson Jr., 27, of Redding, investigators said.
Benson left the house in a vehicle and was later located several blocks away by a California Highway Patrol officer.