Shaler woman in custody and woman injured after stabbing occurs in Shaler Township

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Thirty-eight-year-old Shannon Marie Jennings of Shaler is in custody after a stabbing occurred in Shaler Township yesterday afternoon. According to Allegheny County Police, just after 2 p.m., the county police’s assistance was requested after a reported stabbing in the 200 block of Hugel Drive. First responders found a woman at the scene who had been stabbed multiple times. She was transported to the hospital, where she was last listed in stable condition. She is expected to survive. An early investigation determined that the victim and another woman got in a fight in a parking lot near an apartment building, and that led to the stabbingJennings was found by Shaler Township police and was taken into custody, and she was recently charged with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, harassment and simple assaultJennings is awaiting arraignment and is currently in the Allegheny County Jail.