An elementary school in Grant County is on lockdown Wednesday morning as officials search for a man they say attacked six people inside a home where his teenager girlfriend lives. Crittenden Mt. Zion Elementary School is on lockdown as officials search for 42-year-old Eric Unthank, who they say entered a home on Ten Mile Drive around 7:30 a.m. and attacked six people. One of the victims as young as seven years old.
Grant County Sheriff Chuck Dills says the 42-year-old suspect was dating a 17-year-old girl, whose grandmother lives in the home and fosters special needs children.
Deputies say Unthank walked up to house looking for the teen and then just walked on in the house. He demanded her phone number and when those inside couldn’t find it, he started beating them.
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When the bus driver pulled up, the grandmother and a 7-year-old ran out of the garage bloody and injured. Unthank also came out and that’s when the bus driver got involved, deputies said.
A third victim is a special needs 21-year-old woman, deputies said. Sheriff Dills says the attack may have gone on if it weren’t for the school bus driver who pulled up.
“He acted quickly, got off the bus, tried to help the victim,” said Sheriff Dills. “He was able to grab the club and then the victim ran.”
The bus driver usually doesn’t work this route and was just filling in, officials said.
Unthank is described as Hispanic, 5-foot-7, 175 pounds with an “M” tattoo on his neck.
Three of the victims were taken to the hospital with head trauma.
