Fargo woman faces charges after attack on a double amputee in a Fargo hotel

FARGO (KFGO) A Fargo woman is facing several charges after police say she attacked two men with a lamp and other weapons at a Fargo hotel. Police were called into a hotel on University Drive early Thursday morning. Officers found a broken window and blood inside the hotel room. Court documents say Samantha Johnson, 41, attacked her uncle Robert Shepherd and her father Vic Johnson. Shepherd told police he was hit in the head several times with a lamp and was unable to defend himself because he is a double amputee and uses a wheelchair. Johnson was also injured after being hit with a wrench and stabbed in the shoulder. Police say they later found a machete, a pocketknife, and a wrench in Samantha Johnson s purse. Police also found two pipes with possible marijuana residue, two pieces of tin foil and a plastic straw with a burnt end found in Johnson s purse. She was arrested near the hotel. Johnson faces three counts of aggravated assault, one count of terorizing, one count of unlawful