Manchester man allegedly stabbed 3, chased child with a knife

MANCHESTER, Ky. (FOX 56) — The Clay County Sheriff’s Office said a Manchester man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing multiple people, shoving a woman, and chasing a child.

The sheriff’s office said deputies responded to a reported stabbing on Sunday, May 4, on Roots Branch Road when they were told the victims had already left for the hospital with stab wounds.

According to a news release, when the deputies arrived, “several individuals” had 27-year-old Stephen Centers detained.

The sheriff’s office said the deputies determined that Centers had gotten into an altercation where three victims had been stabbed, one female had been pushed down, and one small child had been chased by Centers with a knife.

The victims told deputies that Centers attacked a man from behind, cutting him on the neck, and then stabbed someone else in the shoulder. He also allegedly knocked down one victim’s grandmother, stabbed another person in the chest, and then chased a child with a knife in his hand.

Centers was charged with attempted murder, second-degree assault, and first-degree assault. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on May 12.