Husband pulls knife on wife during argument, then stabs man intervening, SC cops say
An argument between a South Carolina couple escalated when the husband brandished a weapon, deputies said.
The 51-year-old husband is accused of stabbing a man multiple times with a knife at his Westminster home Saturday, Jan. 13, according to an Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrest warrant. Despite fleeing from police for a couple days, he was later arrested, deputies said.
Before the stabbing, the man and his wife were embroiled in a heated argument, according to a Jan. 17 Oconee County Sheriff’s Office news release. At one point in the fight, the husband pulled a knife on his partner, deputies said.
Then, another man at the home stepped in to intervene, according to the sheriff’s office.
While the man tried to break up the fight, the husband began stabbing him repeatedly with the knife, authorities said.
The husband fled the scene before law enforcement arrived, the sheriff’s office said. The man who was stabbed was taken to the hospital via a helicopter, according to the sheriff’s office.
The identity of the injured man was redacted in the arrest warrant and not included in the sheriff’s office’s news release.
McClatchy News is not naming the husband to protect the identity of his wife.
As investigators looked into the stabbing, deputies obtained arrest warrants for the man and began searching for him, according to the sheriff’s office.
A few days later, on Jan. 17, he was arrested and booked at the Oconee County Detention Center, deputies said.
He was charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according Oconee County Sheriff’s Office inmate records.
His bond is yet to be set by a circuit court judge, inmate records show.
Westminster is about 110 miles northeast of Atlanta, Georgia.
This story was originally published January 18, 2024 at 9:49 AM with the headline "Husband pulls knife on wife during argument, then stabs man intervening, SC cops say."
