Two Neighbors Arrested After Argument Involving Knife, Shotgun in Woodbridge

A Woodbridge man wanted by police for firing a gun inside a home during an argument with a neighbor turned himself in to police Tuesday.

According to Prince William County Police, 36-year-old Daniel Pierkarski and 34-year-old Denis Thomas, who both live on East Lawn Drive in Woodbridge, had an argument inside Pierkarski's home around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 20.

What started as a verbal altercation turned physical, according to police. Thomas reportedly stabbed Pierkarski in the upper body with a knife, and then allegedly took out a shotgun and fired a shot into the ceiling of the home.

Police said the argument continued from there. Pierkarski was able to get the shotgun away from Thomas, and then took out a pocket knife and cut Thomas in the arm.

"The parties eventually separated and police were contacted," police said in a report. "Both parties were transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries."

Warrants were issued for the arrest of both men. Thomas was reportedly tracked down and arrested the next day, and Pierkarski turned himself in three days later, on Tuesday.

Both men are charged with malicious wounding, and Thomas is also charged with unlawful discharge of a firearm.