Two men wanted in connection with a double stabbing early Saturday morning that left one man dead and another wounded were captured Wednesday at a relative's home in Cincinnati,

Saturday, April 30

Two men wanted in connection with a double stabbing early Saturday morning that left one man dead and another wounded were captured Wednesday at a relative's home in Cincinnati, and police are now interviewing the suspects.

Warrants had been issued Saturday charging 32-year-old Glenn Cross Jr., of Kearneysville, with murder for the fatal stabbing of 21-year-old Andre Jackson, of Martinsburg. Additional warrants were issued Saturday charging 34-year-old Thomas Anthony Grantham Jr., of Martinsburg, with malicious wounding and attempted murder in connection with the stabbing of the second victim, 26-year-old Jacques Taylor, of Martinsburg, who survived the attack. Grantham also is accused of attempting to run over Jackson with his vehicle, which resulted in the attempted murder warrant being filed.

The attack occurred early on April 23. Deputy U.S. Marshal Michael P. Ulrich said in a news release that the two murder suspects allegedly hunted down Jackson and Taylor after a verbal altercation in the parking lot of the Brickhouse Bar and Grill off Mid Atlantic Parkway in Martinsburg.

Jackson and Taylor were followed until they stopped on Rock Cliff Drive, when they were assaulted with knives. The victims were found in the 1900 block of Rock Cliff Drive after the double stabbing by members of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department and West Virginia State Police, but the suspects had fled prior to the arrival of police.

As a result of the vicious stabbing, Jackson ultimately succumbed to his wounds and Taylor was taken to City Hospital.

Grantham and Cross will be charged as fugitives from justice in Ohio and will eventually be extradited back to West Virginia.

The Berkeley County Sheriff's Department was contacted by the U.S. Marshals Service at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in regard to the suspects' arrests by the Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team.

After being notified of the arrests, Sgt. T.E. Boyles and Deputy Michael P. St. Clair, investigators with the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department, departed immediately to travel to Ohio, Berkeley County Sheriff Kenneth "Kenny" Lemaster Jr. said late Wednesday night.

The investigators will be tasked with collecting evidence and interviewing the suspects. While in Ohio, they will work with authorities there and with the Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney's Office to bring the suspects back to West Virginia, Lemaster said.

On Monday, the Mountain State Fugitive Task Force, a local U.S. Marshals Service-led fugitive task force, was asked to assist with the apprehension of Cross and Grantham. The investigation conducted by members of the task force and area law enforcement developed a lead that Grantham and Cross were staying with family in the Cincinnati area, Ulrich said in the news release.

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