MARTINSBURG - The trial of a Martinsburg man who was shot by police earlier this year while allegedly threatening to stab the officer with a railroad spike was continued Thursday during a hearing in Berkeley County Circuit Court.

Douglas C. Butler, 45, was named in a one-count indictment by a Berkeley County grand jury in May charging him with felony attempted malicious assault in connection with the March 11 incident, during which he was accused of threatening Martinsburg Police Patrolman David McDonald.

Butler was taken to Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia after the shooting. He was extradited back to West Virginia in late March after being released from the hospital.