{"id":157964,"date":"2026-04-05T19:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T19:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/157964\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T19:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T19:34:11","slug":"philadelphia-man-stabs-planet-fitness-worker-after-getting-banned-from-gym-police-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/157964\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia man stabs Planet Fitness worker after getting banned from gym: police"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Philadelphia man<\/a> is facing an attempted murder charge after authorities say he stabbed a gym employee multiple times at a Planet Fitness he had been banned from, leaving the victim fighting for his life.<\/p>\n

Davier Massey, 28, was arrested Thursday shortly after the attack at the gym in the Wyncote section of Cheltenham Township, the local police department<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

Officers responded around 12:30 p.m. to reports of a stabbing at the Planet Fitness and found a male employee suffering from multiple stab wounds, police said. He was rushed to a trauma center with life-threatening injuries. No updates on his current condition were immediately provided.<\/p>\n

Investigators said the attack followed an altercation between the employee and Massey, who had been banned from the gym.<\/p>\n

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Davier Massey, 28, had been banned from the Planet Fitness. It was unclear why he was banned and what led to the alleged altercation with the employee.<\/p>\n

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“I can\u2019t believe this. I feel like I\u2019m in a dream right now,” one gym-goer told FOX29 Philadelphia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Another told the station that “all the employees are nice” and “uplifting.”<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a little shocking for something to happen right here,” he said.<\/p>\n

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The attack happened Thursday afternoon at a Planet Fitness in Cheltenham Township, police said.<\/p>\n

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Massey was taken into custody a short distance from the scene and is now facing a long list of charges, including attempted first-degree murder<\/a>, aggravated assault, terroristic threats and possession of an instrument of crime, according to police.<\/p>\n

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Massey arrested near the gym shortly after the attack, police said.<\/p>\n

Authorities said bail was denied, and Massey is being held at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility pending further court proceedings.<\/p>\n

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Police have not released a motive for the attack or additional details about what sparked the confrontation at the gym<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n

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