Sedalia man accused of stabbing man who knocked on his door

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Sedalia man has been charged after he was accused of stabbing a man in his stomach on Wednesday.

Samuel Storer, 43 was charged on Thursday in Pettis County with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Pettis County Jail on a $25,000 bond. A court date has not been scheduled.

A deputy wrote in the probable cause statement that law enforcement was called at 10:49 p.m. that night and found the victim with a stab wound in his stomach. The victim claimed he knocked on the door of a trailer and Storer stabbed him, the statement says.

The victim then punched out a window on the door after Storer closed it, the statement says.

The victim was flown to University Hospital. A witness at the scene allegedly corroborated the victim’s story, the statement says.  

Storer allegedly told deputies that the victim and witness came to the residence multiple times throughout the day and Storer told them to leave multiple times, the statement says. Storer claimed the victim first broke the window of the door and tried to force his way in, which led to Storer punching and stabbing the victim, the statement says.