Fatal stabbing of David Merasty happened in seconds, murder trial hears

Donny Thompson recalls hearing the screams of a man who was stabbed during an altercation just down the street from his house, and the assailant yelling as he ran away.
Testifying on Tuesday in Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench, Thompson said it was a sunny Saturday afternoon when he observed a “black guy” with a knife stab a man, later identified as 24-year-old David Merasty.
Both men fell and the black man tried to stab the other man again before taking off down an alley towar