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A SUNY Oneonta student was charged Friday night with attempted murder after a domestic dispute off-campus with his female roommate, Oneonta city police told The Daily Star on Saturday night.

At 11:34 p.m. Friday, Julian Vancourt-Wels, 20, of Schenectady, was charged with first-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon, a knife, Oneonta Police Department Chief Douglas Brenner said.





The female, who was not identified by the police, had several stab wounds to her upper body. She was taken to A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta, then transferred to Albany Medical Center, Brenner said at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday night.

The woman’s injuries weren’t life-threatening, Brenner said, but he didn’t know her condition late Saturday night or if she was still at the Albany hospital.

Vancourt-Wels and the female, also a student at the State University College at Oneonta, were living together at a Maple Street residence, Brenner said, and police found out about the incident through a 911 call.

Vancourt-Wels’ Facebook page said he is in a relationship with someone named Amanda Coffey. There is no other indication that she is the injured woman.

Oneonta ambulance crews were called to the scene, fire department officials said, but other details weren’t available.

Brenner said Vancourt-Wels was arraigned Saturday in Oneonta City Court before Judge Lucy Bernier and sent to Otsego County jail without bail, pending reappearance in court.

SUNY Oneonta’s web pages listed Vancourt-Wels as a merit scholarship recipient and a biology major scheduled to graduate in 2019.