Press Release From Silsbee PD
Walmart Stabbing
On Tuesday, 01/15/2019, at approximately 8:19 AM, Silsbee Police responded to a 911 call in reference to a disturbance in the Walmart parking lot involving a possible stabbing. Once officers arrived they quickly confirmed that two adult victim’s one male, age 19 and one female, age 25 had sustained nonlife threatening stab wounds. The female victim had several stab wounds to her left arm, left rib cage area, right hand, and sustained an injury to her face area. The male victim had a stab wound to his face underneath his eye. The suspect had already fled the scene before police arrived.
During the initial investigation Silsbee Police learned that the two victims were loading groceries into their vehicle they had just bought from Walmart when a Tan colored Chevrolet Trail Blazer pulled up and stopped behind their vehicle. A white male driver rolled down the window, and words were exchanged between him and the female. The female victim walked towards the suspect vehicle as words between the two continued; the suspect exited his vehicle with a knife in hand and attacked the female by both striking her with his fist and the knife multiple times knocking her to the ground. The suspect then began chasing the male victim and attacked him stabbing him in the face area. The suspect then calmly got back in his vehicle and drove away.
Police gathered what details were available before the victims were transported to the St. Elizabeth Hospital and also interviewed witnesses to the stabbing. It is possible that one or both of the victims know who the suspect is and referred to him as “Buddy.”
A witness gave police a description of the suspect and a license plate number of the suspect vehicle, Texas Plate# KSS-6153, that showed to be registered to Jessie Lawrence Hamblin with an address out of Lumberton. The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office sent Deputies to the address in Lumberton and no one was home. Deputies were able to confirm from a neighbor that the person who lived at that address goes by the nickname “Buddy” and drives a Tan Chevy Trail Blazer.
After obtaining a driver license photograph of the suspect police both victims identified Jessie “Buddy” Lawrence Hamblin , white male, date of birth 07/08/1969, as the person that attacked them.
Silsbee Police are in the process of obtaining arrest warrants on Hamblin for two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Anyone crossing paths with Hamblin are asked not to approach him, as he is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone who may have information of the whereabouts of Jessie “Buddy” Lawrence Hamblin are asked to call the Silsbee Police Department at 409-385-3714 or call the local jurisdiction where Hamblin may be.