MASON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A man who deputies say attacked two people with a hammer has been indicted on two counts of attempted murder.

Mason County deputies say Kenneth Connell attacked two people with a hammer along Tribble Road in Leon back on April 13.

Deputies say they found a man and woman on the floor of the home when they arrived, the man in out of consciousness and the woman unresponsive.

Deputies say there was a bloody hammer found beside the man.

Connell was arrested a short time later.

He is set to be arraigned next week.

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