Man arrested for stabbing his brother to death at Midlands home, SC police say
An argument between brothers ended with one dead and the other in jail, the Irmo Police Department said Sunday.
Andrew Wardlaw Wier, a 33-year-old Columbia resident was killed, according to Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher.
The incident happened Saturday night at a home in the 300 block of Wharfsdale Road in the New Friarsgate subdivision, police said in a news release. That’s about a mile from the intersection of St. Andrews Road and Lake Murray Boulevard.
At about 9:30 p.m., officers responded to a 911 call about a stabbing, according to the release.
When they arrived, officers found a man’s body near the front door of the residence with a wound to his chest, police said.
Police did not release the man’s name but said he had been arguing with his brother, Robert Wier, inside the home, according to the release.
The argument ended when the 40-year-old Wier stabbed his brother in the chest with a butcher knife, police said.
No other injuries were reported.
Wier was charged with manslaughter and possession of a deadly weapon during a violent crime, according to the release.
He’s awaiting a bond hearing and is being held in the Lexington County Detention Center, jail records show.
In spite of the arrest, the incident continues to be investigated by police and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
There was no word what the brothers were arguing about. Information if one, or both, of the brothers lived at the home was not available.
Following a bond hearing, Wier is scheduled to appear in court again on May 5, Lexington County court records show.
This is not the first time Wier has been arrested.
In 2000, Wier was arrested for making a bomb threat and later pleaded guilty to charges of disturbing schools, according to Richland County court records.
Two years later in 2002, Wier pleaded guilty to a drug possession charge, Richland County court records show.
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This story was originally published March 20, 2022 at 10:48 AM.
