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Virginia man arraigned on charges in plasma centre stabbing
PETERSBURG, Va. – A 20-year-old Virginia man accused of stabbing three people at a plasma donation centre has been arraigned in court on malicious wounding charges.
Police said Jairique Shannon walked into Octapharma Plasma in Petersburg on Thursday, asked to use the restroom, then stabbed several people with a long knife.
Shannon appeared before a Petersburg General District Court judge Monday by video-camera from inside Riverside Regional Jail. The judge told Shannon an attorney would be appointed to represent him and scheduled a preliminary hearing on Sept. 9.
A prosecutor said Shannon had donated plasma at the centre at least once before and authorities do not know why he attacked people at the centre.
WTVR-TV reports that Petersburg police said two victims remain hospitalized in stable condition.
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