After Being Stabbed By Grandson, Texas Politician Bobbie Mitchell Hospitalized, Husband Dead

Denton Co. Commissioner stabbed in the heart with steak knife by grandson

Fred Mitchell (L), Commissioner Bobbie Mitchell (R), Mitchell Reinacher, 23 (Center)

A well-known and trailblazing politician and her husband were stabbed by their grandson during a violent altercation at their home near Dallas early Monday morning, authorities say.

Bobbie J. Mitchell, a Denton County commissioner, survived the attack, but her husband, Fred Mitchell, succumbed to his injuries, according to the .

The couple’s 23-year-old grandson, Mitchell Blake Reinacher, who lived in their home, was arrested and stands accused of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Denton County Commissioner Bobbie Mitchell, right, is shown with Fred Mitchell, who was stabbed to death on Monday morning, police said. (Lewisville Noon Rotary)

Lewisville Police received a call about an assault in progress shortly before 4 a.m. Monday at a home in Lewisville, a city in the northwest part of the greater Dallas area.

When the first responding officer arrived, he could hear screaming coming from inside, Lewisville Police Chief Brook Rollins told reporters at a .