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***Breaking News*** Man In Custody After Fatal Stabbing This Morning

January 18, 2021 By Richard C. Gilbert

Billy Ray Hahn

A Hickory man is in custody after authorities say he stabbed and killed a woman early this morning then stabbed a man at another location later in the morning.

29-year old Billy Ray Hahn was arrested after the Catawba County SWAT-Team surrounded a residence in Northeast Hickory.

Hahn is being held without bond in the Catawba County Detention Center and has been charged with murder. Additional charges are pending.

The name of the deceased female nor the identity of the second stabbing victim have been released.

More details as they become available.

Photo: Catawba County Sheriff’s Office

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