Police arrest Harrison County man wanted in triple stabbing

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Police arrested the Harrison County man wanted in connection with a triple-stabbing in Clarksburg Thursday evening.

Donald Keith Amos, 55, of Clarksburg

A joint operation between the Clarksburg Police Department, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department, and the U.S. Marshal’s Service ended in the arrest of Donald Keith Amos, 55, of Clarksburg, after 8:30 p.m. Thursday night at his home on East Pike Street.

Amos is charged with three counts of malicious assault following a domestic incident at a Clarksburg home on March 7 that resulted in injuries to three people.

Amos is accused of stabbing his girlfriend’s son and two bystanders acting as good Samaritans. The son of Amos’s girlfriend had reportedly told Amos he was no longer welcome in the home when the altercation broke out.





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