McMurray Man Charged In Fatal Versailles Stabbing

July 27, 2024 4:35 am

VERSAILLES, Pa. – A McMurray man is facing charges that include criminal homicide and assault of a law enforcement officer. The charges were filed against 40 year old Robert Kail in connection with a stabbing in Versailles that left a man dead and two other people taken to a local hospital. It happened around 8 p.m at a home along Worthington Street. First responders found a man on the porch of a duplex. He had been stabbed multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim was later identified by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office as Vincent Bazzone, 38. A man in the adjacent home was also stabbed and a woman was assaulted. They were both taken to a local hospital. Initial investigation shows Bazzone and Kail were involved in an altercation that led up to the stabbing. Police say Kail then went into the attached home and got into an altercation with the residents, stabbing the man and assaulting the woman, before driving away. The car was found in McKeesport and Kail was arrested. While he was being taken into custody, police say he fought with officers. An officer and a police K-9 were injured in the fight. Kail was taken to a local hospital for treatment.