HICKORY, N.C. — Early Monday morning at 2:50 a.m. deputies with the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home on 16th St Dr NE in Hickory, in reference to a report of a person who been stabbed. When deputies arrived they discovered Rebecca Hahn, an occupant of the 16th St Dr NE residence, had suffered at least one stab wound to her torso. Rebecca Hahn informed deputies that her son, Billy Joe Hahn Jr, stabbed her while both were in a camper situated on the 16th St Dr NE property. Hahn, 29, had fled the scene.
Rebecca Hahn was transported to Carolina’s Medical Center where she died from her injuries.
An arrest warrant charging Hahn Jr with murder was issued around 8:00 a.m.
At 9:15 a.m. deputies and investigators located a vehicle Hahn was operating at a home on 28th St NE in Hickory. As deputies and investigators approached they discovered a person in that vehicle who’d also been stabbed. That person was identified as Kris Goodson. Goodson was transported to Catawba Valley Medical Center where he remains in serious condition. Police say Hahn stabbed Goodson while both were at the 28th St NE residence.
As Goodson was being attended to, deputies and investigators learned that Hahn Jr was barricaded inside a home on 28th St NE adjacent to where the car he’d been operating was parked.
The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office Special Tactics and Response (STAR) Team and the Catawba County Critical Incident and De-Escalation Team responded. Hahn was later taken into custody by the STAR Team inside the home on 28th St NE.
Hahn has been served with the Murder Warrant and is being held without bond at the Catawba County Detention Facility. Charges against Hahn for the stabbing of Goodson are pending.
A motive for the attacks remain under investigation.
