At 12:03 p.m. June 11, Charles County Sheriffโ€™s officers responded to a residence in the 2800 block of Homette Place in Waldorf for the report of a stabbing.

Investigation revealed a 15-year-old Waldorf boy was assaulted by the victim, Adam James Marshall, 24, of Waldorf. The boy called his father who arrived at the residence and he and the victim began fighting.

When the victim began choking the boyโ€™s father, the boy was in fear for his fatherโ€™s life and stabbed Marshall in the leg. Mashall was transported to Civista Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Officer P. McPherson is investigating.