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Suspect Held Without Bail After Planet Fitness Employee Stabbed in Cheltenham

Police say he had been banned from the gym before the altercation, with detectives seeking witnesses.

Overview

  • The employee was stabbed during an altercation at the Wyncote Planet Fitness around 12:30 p.m. Thursday and was taken to a trauma center with life-threatening injuries.
  • Responding officers apprehended 28-year-old Davier Massey a short distance from the gym.
  • Police said Massey had previously been banned from the location before the encounter with the staff member.
  • He faces charges that include attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and possession of an instrument of crime, and he is being held at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility after bail was denied.
  • Investigators have not released a motive and are asking for tips, while local TV reported he was banned over an unpaid bill and returned twice that day before the confrontation, a detail police have not confirmed.