Wheeling Police Seeking Suspect in Malicious Wounding

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Wheeling Police are investigating a malicious wounding that took place Thursday evening on Wheeling Island.

Officers were called to a residence in the 400 block of South York Street around 11 p.m. for a report of a male victim that was stabbed after an argument with another man.

The victim was taken to Wheeling Hospital for medical treatment, where he remains hospitalized.

Police have obtained an arrest warrant for the suspect, identified as Ernest Andrew Stewart, 70 of Wheeling. Stewart is a black male, about 5’11” tall, brown eyes and weighs roughly 165 lbs. He is charged with malicious wounding.

If the public has any information on the suspects whereabouts, they are urged to call police at 304-234-3664, or Crime Stoppers Upper Ohio Valley at 877-TIPS4US.

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