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Man broke into home, stabbed man following St. Patrick's parade, police say

SCOTT TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A South Hills man is in jail after police charged him in a violent stabbing that sent a Scott Township man to the hospital and a local mother and her children fleeing to safety.

Police say Damon Jermaine Goodwine and his girlfriend got in a fight at the St. Patrick's Day parade on Saturday.

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Several hours later, he allegedly showed up at her house. A friend of the woman tried to intervene, but was stabbed multiple times, police said.

Goodwine was also injured during the attack, and police said they were able to follow a trail of blood from where where the incident happened to a garage several blocks away where Goodwine was hiding out.

Police have charged Goodwine with with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, burglary and more.

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