Wife stabbed to death in New Castle

NEW CASTLE, Pa.

A New Castle, Pa., man is charged with criminal homicide in the Stabbing death of his wife.

Shawn Moore, 38, is charged in the death of Alisha Moore, 36.

Police said they were called around 9 p.m. Wednesday to a domestic disturbance at 613 E. Reynolds St. and found Shawn Moore sitting on his front porch step with a cut hand and blood on his clothes.

Police found Alisha Moore inside the residence with numerous stab wounds.

Moore told officers he killed his wife after she stabbed him first, police said.

New Castle Police Chief Robert Salem said that Moore was taken to Jameson Hospital, where he underwent surgery on his hand.