Country music star Kane Brown asks for prayers after sister stabbed
Police are searching for a 16-year-old girl who allegedly stabbed the 19-year-old sister of country super music Kane Brown, a Chattanooga native.
On Tuesday, police said the victim, Heidi Swafford, 19, showed up at a local hospital with two minor stab wounds — one to the neck and one on her shoulder.
Swafford said she and a girl got into a fight sometime around 4:30 p.m. in the 3300 block of Woodside Street off of Dodds Avenue when she was stabbed.
The suspect has not been identified by police because she is a juvenile, but warrants are out for her arrest on charges of attempted second-degree murder and aggravated assault.
Following the incident, Brown, 22, posted on Facebook saying it was his sister who had been stabbed.
“Prayers for my sister please! I’m all the way out in Nebraska and get a text that she was stabbed 4 times! You better hope I don’t find out who you are. I’m so sick to my stomach right now,” he wrote.
Brown, known for his songs “Used to Love You Sober,” “Don’t Go City on Me” and “Ain’t No Stopping Us Now,” has skyrocketed in popularity over the last two years. He is on tour through the end of the week, but the artist has made no mention of whether he still plans to perform or not. Neither he nor his management team were immediately available for comment.
Below his plea on Facebook for prayers, a friend commented, “please, please, please dont do something that you will regret! Please! Of course prayers for your sister and your entire family.”
He responded, writing, “Oh I’d never do anything stupid that’s what lawyers are for.”
Legions of loyal fans took to social media Wednesday to show support, saying he and his family would be in their prayers. Brown retweeted many of the heartfelt messages on Twitter.
One fan wrote, “thoughts and prayers with you and your family remember there is no greater doctor than our Lord above and the power of prayer.”
Contact staff writer Emmett Gienapp at egienapp@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6731.