August 27, 2021 - One individual has been arrested and charged in connection to a stabbing incident which took place August 22, 2021.
According to the arrest affidavit of Center Police Detective Bobby Walker, when officers arrived at the scene of the stabbing incident in the 200 block of McCowan Street, the victim was determined to be Eric Jermaine Gardner who had been stabbed in the lower torso. Emergency medical services transported Gardner by ambulance to Nacogdoches Medical Center - Shelby Emergency Department where officers showed him a photo of Shya Nekisha Stansberry-McDaniel. At that time Gardner identified Stansberry-McDaniel as his assailant, and advised her hair was in braids at the time of the incident.
The affidavit alleges, Stansberry-McDaniel stabbed Gardner with a knife during the assault.
According to Shelby County Jail records Tenaha Police Chief Scott Burkhalter arrested Shya Nekisha Stansberry-McDaniel, 25, of Center August 25, 2021, on the Center Police Department warrant without incident. She has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, felony 2. A bond of $200,000 has been set by Donna Hughes, Justice of the Peace Precinct 1.
The Center Fire Department was called out to assist with traffic control at the scene of this incident as there was a large crowd. Just previous to this incident, the fire department had also been called out to the shooting incident at the new Tyson Feed Mill road located just off Loop 500.
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