Dorian Harrell of Kokomo stands outside the trailer where he says he was shot and stabbed by Curtis Husband of Foxworth last August.
By Josh Mitchell/Informer Publisher
Dorian Harrell stirred a cup of coffee as he thought about the night last August when he was allegedly shot in the head and stabbed in the stomach.
Ever since the alleged assault, Harrell, 36, said he has been unable to hold down food, cannot sleep well because of nightmares and has trouble hearing.
“That man messed up my whole life, and I don’t was his to be pleasant,” said Harrell as he walked by the trailer where the incident allegedly occurred last Aug. 25. “He tore me up. I can’t work.”
Harrell was referring to Curtis Husband, 26, of Foxworth, who was arrested last week after being indicted on two counts of aggravated assault for the alleged attack.
In an interview this morning with the Marion County Informer, Harrell went into detail about the incident as he sat at the kitchen table of his grandparents’ house on Taylor Cutoff Road in Kokomo.
“It shouldn’t have happened,” said Harrell of the incident. He added that he still has bullet fragments on the side of his brain from the incident. Since the alleged attack he has had memory problems and goes to Pine Belt Mental Health for treatment. He said he can’t afford all the doctor’s visits and medications he needs and is always throwing up after eating because of the stab wounds to his stomach.
Harrell’s grandfather, A.C. Smiley, thinks Husband was trying to kill Harrell, saying, “Anytime you shoot someone in the head,” the goal is to take the person’s life.
Harrell remembered back to the night of the incident and said he and his sister were living together in the trailer behind their grandparent’s house. Harrell came home about midnight and he and his sister, Tamika, who is Husband’s girlfriend, got into argument over him coming in late.
Eventually, Harrell just lied down on the couch to watch TV, and he said Husband came out telling him to leave. Harrell was angry that Husband was telling him to leave his own residence. After all, Harrell said, it was Husband who was not supposed to be at the residence as he had been evicted.
Curtis Husband was arrested last week afrer being indicted on two counts of aggravated assault for allegedly shooting and stabbing Harrell.
Husband took away Harrell’s blanket and continued telling him to leave. At that point Harrell said he jumped on Husband and began punching him. Harrell said he couldn’t even feel Husband stabbing him.
Husband left the residence, and Harrell thought everything was over and started making coffee. But Husband entered the residence again and shot Harrell in the head, according to Harrell.
Harrell hit the floor, and Husband fled the scene in a vehicle but was stopped by police just down the road from the house, Harrell noted. Harrell managed to pick himself up off the floor and walked to his grandparents’ house, which was just a few yards away, and his aunt drove him to Marion General Hospital where he was airlifted to Hattiesburg.
Harrell lifted up his shirt to reveal to the Informer where he said the knife entered his body in three places. He is unclear what kind of knife Husband allegedly used but thinks it was a hunting blade used for cleaning rabbits and deer. Harrell noted that he was told by a doctor that pieces of animal meat from the blade were in his body after the stabbing.
When he was walking out of the residence after being stabbed and shot, Harrell said he could hear his sister saying, she was “sorry.”
Harrell said Husband had “no business” getting in the middle of the argument between him and his sister. “No one said anything to him,” Harrell added.
Harrell’s sister is still dating Husband after everything that has allegedly happened. Despite the fact that Tamika is still dating the man accused of stabbing her brother, Harrell said he still loves his sister.
Harrell’s grandmother, Annette Smiley, said she can’t believe that Tamika is still dating Husband after what happened. “That’s the worst thing I’ve ever heard,” Annette Smiley said.
Tamika and Husband have a 6-year-old child together. Two of Tamika’s other children (not Husband’s) witnessed the assault, said Harrell. “They saw everything,” said Harrell. “It’s a shame.”
Harrell said after he was shot he fell on the floor, and he could hear his two young nieces yell, “You shot my uncle!”
Harrell said Husband, who he still sees occasionally in the community and at church, has not apologized. “When I see him he’s got a look on his face that he’s the king,” said Harrell.
Harrell has not forgiven Husband, but his grandmother said he needs to, adding, “You can’t go to heaven hating anybody.”
Harrell said he plans on attending Husband’s trial, saying, he needs to be punished. “You don’t shoot someone in their own house. If you let him go, he’ll think he can do that to anybody.”
In the meantime, Harrell said his condition “gets worse every day” and he is just trying to “beat the demons.”
Husband could not be reached for comment.
