A New Cumberland man is facing charges after he stuck a sword in a bedroom door and threatened to kill one of his roommates early Saturday morning, police say.

New Cumberland police Cpl. William Weaver said Steven Wells became upset after a male roommate, female roommate and a female visitor locked him out of an apartment’s upstairs bedroom in the 400 block of Third Street in New Cumberland.

Weaver said he believed all four had been drinking before the three excluded Wells from the bedroom.

After Wells stuck a sword in the locked bedroom door and the three emerged, Wells initiated a confrontation and attacked the male roommate, Weaver said. A female roommate tried to break up the fight.

“That’s when Mr. Wells threatened to kill her repeatedly,” Weaver said.

Eventually the fight winded down, and someone in the apartment called police. New Cumberland police officers were dispatched to the apartment about 1:15 a.m. Saturday, Weaver said.

While Wells and the male roommate suffered minor injuries, they were only superficial and no medical treatment was needed.

Police arrested Wells and took him into custody. Weaver said he was arraigned early Saturday morning at the Cumberland County Booking Center on charges of simple assault, harassment and terroristic threats.

Weaver said the sword certainly provided an “unusual twist” to a police call that isn’t out of the ordinary.

“That’s a different twist — we don’t get a lot of sword fighting anymore,” Weaver said. “Fights among roommates after drinking, it occurs.”