Early Morning Fight Leaves One Dead

One teenager is dead and another is in serious condition following a fight early Sunday morning. It happened at a house on Cash Hollow Road in Carter County. Five teenagers were at the house when they began to fight about a female who was with them. The fight was taken into the yard when fourteen-year-old Nicolas Willen took out a knife and stabbed seventeen-year-old Elijah McKinney and another teen. McKinney died. The other teen is at the Johnson City Medical Center in critical condition. Willen and his cousin fled the scene. Willen is charged with second degree murder, and his cousin was charged with tampering with evidence. Two adults were home at the time but were sleeping. Police say alcohol was involved.