CLOVER, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The Charlotte man fatally stabbed in Clover was allegedly choking his girlfriend’s sister moments before his death, according to the York County Sheriff’s Office.
Around 11 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, deputies responded to a disorderly conduct call at an apartment on Cutter Point Drive in Clover. Before they arrived, dispatch told deputies a knife was involved in the incident.
When they got there, they found 26-year-old Vincent Holmes unconscious with stab wounds, and his girlfriend “visibly hysterical,” after admitting to stabbing Holmes, officials said. The girlfriend’s sister was reportedly on her knees, crying and holding Holmes on his side, while holding a robe covered in blood on his back.
[Note: The girlfriend and her sister were not charged, so they will not be identified in this article. From here, the girlfriend will be identified as P.W. and her sister as M.W.]
Holmes’ girlfriend, P.W., told deputies that an argument broke out because she offended him by playing a song. According to P.W.’s sister, M.W., P.W. said the song was feminine, which caused Holmes to become “irate.”
During the argument, Holmes was threatening to kill his girlfriend, so she left to get a slushy. M.W. was outside when she heard Holmes continue to scream at P.W. over the phone in the bathroom.
M.W. tried to calm him down in the living room, but when P.W. got back, Holmes continued to shout at her. Officials said M.W. intervened and told Holmes he needed to leave, to which he responded to P.W. by saying he’d never talk to her again.
P.W. said she told Holmes to pay her the $1,500 she owed, and said she’d keep his speaker until she was paid back. According to P.W., this is when Holmes went “crazy” and pushed her.
During the confrontation, P.W. reportedly retreated into the closet with the speaker, and Holmes tried to grab her. While M.W. was standing between them, P.W. ran into the living room when Holmes allegedly hit P.W. with a closed fist. Both women started wrestling Holmes on the ground, which, as M.W. said, lasted for a “good minute.”
Deputies said Holmes was able to regain control and started a physical fight with M.W. that led to him choking her, at which point P.W. stabbed Holmes. M.W. reportedly couldn’t breathe while she was being choked and started to turn purple.
P.W. admitted to deputies that she stabbed Holmes. Officials said no charges have been filed in this case, and it remains an open investigation.