Victim Recovers after Knife Fight

REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. DOLLARS.HARRIS SAYS THE BABY A FRANKFORT MAN FENDS OFF A MAN TRYING TO BREAK INTO HIS HOME. THE VICTIM WAS LEFT WITH LACERATIONS ON HIS LEGS. AS NEWS 18'S KELLY ROBERTS REPORTS, POLICE CONTINUE TO STILL NEED SOMETHING FROM THE VICTIM. SEARCH FOR THE MAN.. BUT THEY :22 BASICALLY THIS RIGHT HERE ON MY KNEE IS A KNIFE CUT. I OF MY FOOT, AND I GOT SOME SKIN CUT OFF OF MY TOE. KELLY: MATTHEW SPEEDLING HE SAYS HE FOUGHT OFF A MAN TRYING TO BREAK INTO HIS AND POLICE SAY IT ALL HAPPENED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR WEST MORRISON AND NORTH MAIN STREETS IN FRANKFORT. JAMES CALL THAT SOMEONE WAS BEING HELD AT KNIFE POINT AGAINST APARTMENT. 21:08:13-:18ONE OFFICER ARRIVED WITHIN ONE TWO.KELLY: SPEEDLING SAYS THE MAN AT THE DOOR SAID HE RIPPED HIM OFF DURING A DRUG DEAL.WHEN SPEEDLING SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE MAN WAS A KNIFE, AND TRIED TO ENTER SPEEDLING'S APARTMENT. SPEEDLING:20:59:59-:08 HE PUT THE KNIFE UP TO MY THROAT, AND I GRABBED HIM BY HIS SHIRT RIGHT HERE. I PICKED HIM UP AND I SLAMMED HIM TO THE GROUND. AS I GO DOWN TO THE GROUND HE CUTS ME. THEN HE RAN OUT AND TRIED TO GO TO THE KELLY STAND-UP: 21:20:55-:13THE FIGHT, WHICH STARTED IN THE APARTMENT, CONTINUED DOWN THE STAIRS, TO THE SIDEWALK. THEN, THEY CONTINUED ALL THE WAY TO WEST MORRISON STREET. THAT IS WHEN ACCOMPLICE JOINED IN ON THE FIGHT, TACKLING HIM. THEN, THE WOMAN AND THE SUSPECT RAN FOR THE SUSPECT AND THE WOMAN HE WAS WITH.SPEEDLING: 21:03:33-:43 I DESCRIBED THE GUY AS HAVING FACIAL HAIR RIGHT HERE, SIZE 16 GAUGES, HE IS ABOUT 28 TO 32 YEARS OLD. HE HAD BROWN HAIR AND WAS WEARING A BLACK BASEBALL CAP. SPEEDLING TO COME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR MORE INTERVIEWS.SKINNER: 21:09:40- :48 HE WAS KIND OF DISTRAUGHT AT THE TIME. WE THOUGHT ONCE HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND CAME HERE HE'D BE MORE CALM AND WE'D GET A BETTER STORY FROM HIM.KELLY: AND SPEEDLING SAYS.. HE JUST WANTS THE MAN CAUGHT. SPEEDLING:21:04:53-:00 HIM GOING TO JAIL AND DOING HIS TIME FOR CUTTING ME. AND FOR TRYING TO BREAK INTO MY PLACE AND THE NEIGHBOR'S. SOMEBODY LIKE THAT REALLY DOESN'T NEED TO BE AROUND.KELLY: SPEEDLING SAYS HE PLANS TO