One Flown After Early Morning Stabbing in Shenandoah, Suspect in Custody

A man was flown after a stabbing in Shenandoah early Wednesday and a suspect has been taken into custody.

According to court papers filed through Magisterial District Judge Anthony Kilker's office, on Wednesday morning, around 3:23am, Shenandoah Police Captain Travis Bowman and Officer Mindi Petrus received a dispatch to 110 North Main Street for a stabbing.

The officers arrived to find the caller and the victim outside the address.

The caller reported that 18-year-old Bryce Beaver and the victim were fighting in the hallway of the home and caller pulled the victim from the home.

When she got him outside, she found that he was bleeding.  The victim was found to have 3 small lacerations, one near his rib cage, another near his navel area, and another on his hip.  EMS arrived and said that the wounds were about a half an inch in size and the one on the rib cage was deep.

EMS transported the victim to the Shenandoah Helipad where he was flown to an area hospital.

As a result of the incident, Captain Bowman charged Beaver with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, and harassment.

Beaver was taken into custody later Wednesday morning, arraigned by Judge Kilker and locked up in Schuylkill County Prison on $50,000 straight cash bail.