GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — A man is facing charges for stabbing a woman on Tuesday afternoon near Bessemer City.
It happened at a home along Mountain Meadows Drive near Dallas-Cherryville Highway.
Charles Caldwell told Channel 9 that he was pulling out of his driveway when he noticed a woman on the ground in the yard across the street.
Caldwell said his first instinct was to rush over to her.
“I used to be an EMT years ago, and first-aid training kicked in,” said Caldwell. “I wanted to help. I don’t want to see anybody, even people that cause trouble, not get help.”
Pretty soon, other neighbors also jumped in to try and save the woman who appeared to have been stabbed.
“I started screaming at them; they brought towels, and my neighbor and I ... we applied pressure,” Caldwell explained.
As they were doing that, neighbor Charles Hill said he started to wonder if the injured woman was alone.
“I just remember that they’re always together, he and his wife,” Hill said.
Hill went on to say when police searched the home, they found a man inside and put him in the back of a cruiser.
“And not long after he starts knocking on the door, saying he’s been stabbed too, so he kinda falls out of the vehicle,” Hill elaborated.
While it’s not clear what led up to this incident, the neighbors who pitched in to help said it doesn’t matter.
“Just to see if we could help instead of just driving off and leaving her lying there,” Caldwell said.
“We’d want somebody to do that for us if we were in that case,” Hill echoed.
Gary Stone will be charged with the domestic assault after he’s released from a hospital.
The conditions of the suspect and victim have not been released.
No additional details have been made available.
This is a developing story. Check back with wsoctv.com for updates.
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