Police: 4 People Stabbed In Wilmington; Suspect In Custody

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WILMINGTON, Del. (CBS) - A man has been taken into custody in connection to a stabbing in Wilmington early Monday morning.

It happened on the 800 block of West 8th Street, just before 5 a.m.

When officers arrived on scene, they found a 26-year old man with a laceration to his neck, a 49-year-old woman with a laceration to her arm and torso, and a 24-year-old woman with a laceration to her arm.

All three victims are in stable condition.

Police say the suspect, 52-year-old Vernell Watts, was found at the scene with a laceration to his torso and is in stable condition.

He was charged with assault, possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony and possession of a deadly weapon by person prohibited due to a prior conviction.