Moberly woman faces charges after allegedly stabbing man in back
Madison Stuerman
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Moberly woman has been charged after she is accused of stabbing a man in the back on Sunday.
Moberly police responded to a domestic assault on Sunday after a caller reported a stabbing.
Shannon Hackett, 55, is charged with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action.
According to court documents, officers arrived at a home and found a man on the east side of a street with his shirt off and blood running down his body. A group of people pointed officers in the direction of Hackett, who was pacing on the south side of the street.
After being taken to the hospital, police spoke to the victim, who said Hackett stabbed him after they were arguing over money. The victim told police he was trying to leave when Hackett was standing in the kitchen with a butcher’s or chef’s knife.
Police said the victim said he was facing Hackett when he started swinging the knife at him and that he turned his body when she stabbed him in the back.
Court documents state the victim told police he grabbed Hackett’s right arm to try and get the knife out of her hand.
Police said the victim was transferred from the Moberly Regional Medical Center to University Hospital in Columbia for further treatment due to damage to multiple muscle layers.
In a post-Miranda interview, police said Hackett reported hearing the victim swearing at her. She said they started to argue and he started to pin her to the ground while trying to choke her. Hackett allegedly told police this is when she got up, went to the kitchen and tried to grab a knife to use as self-defense.
Officers did not find any injuries to Hackett’s neck but only a small bruise to her arm.
Police said during a search warrant of the home, the knife was found on the south side of the home by trash cans with blood residue.
Hackett is currently being held at the Randolph County jail on a $100,000 bond. A court date is set for Wednesday.