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CEDAR RAPIDS — The Marion man who was convicted for fatally stabbing Chris Bagley in 2018 told a grand jury in 2019 that he didn’t know Andrew Shaw wanted Bagley dead and that Shaw was involved with drug trafficking.

Johnny Blahnik Church, formerly known as Drew Blahnik, 38, also told a Linn County grand jury that he stabbed Bagley multiple times in the torso and neck in self-defense during a fight at the home of Paul Hoff. Bagley started an argument with Drew Wagner, 39, of Cedar Rapids, over a gun Bagley sold Wagner, Blahnik told the grand jury. Bagley then pushed Wagner and that started a physical fight.

Blahnik Church told the grand jury he tried to break it up as the two were wrestling.

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