On Thursday, January 20, 2022, at approximately 1901 hours, the Bloomsburg Police Department was dispatched to 904 Country Club Drive Apartment B for a report of a domestic disturbance involving a knife. Upon arrival, Officers encountered Robert Fourney (age 49) who had suffered a puncture wound to his abdomen. Robert stated he and his son Robert Lynn Mcguire Fourney (age 24) got into a verbal argument, which became physical and during which Robert Lynn Mcguire Fourney stabbed him in the abdomen with a folding pocket knife.

Robert Lynn Mcguire Fourney fled the scene on foot prior to police arrival, but surrendered himself without incident to a Bloomsburg University Police Officer in the Swisher Circle Parking Lot. Officers located the knife a short distance away from the residence along Country Club Road. The knife was identified as being a four inch blade, folding, pocket knife.

The victim was transported to Geisinger Medical Center for treatment and Robert Lynn Mcguire Fourney was transported to the Bloomsburg Police Station, where he admitted to stabbing his father. Robert Lynn Mcguire Fourney was then transported to the Columbia County Prison where he was arraigned on charges of Aggravated Assault and Simple Assault.