A man brought a spear to a 7-Eleven in Florida. Then the clerk stabbed him, police say
A 7-Eleven store clerk has been arrested in the stabbing of a man behind the store after an argument involving a spear and a pocketknife, Bradenton police said.
Police arrested 34-year-old Danny Waiters on Wednesday and charged him with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon following a series of arguments at the Bradenton convenience store.
Detectives say Waiters told them he stabbed the man, who is in his 60s and “frequently carries a spear,” after the man approached him behind the 7-Eleven and they argued. During Tuesday’s argument, police say the man displayed the spear but did not threaten Waiters with it.
At one point, the store manager told the man to leave the property, when Waiters intervened and began arguing with the man again, according to police.
When the man with the spear turned his back on employees, police say Waiters stabbed him once with a pocketknife.
Detectives said Waiters told them he believed the man was going to grab the spear.
The stabbing victim underwent surgery and is recovering, police say.
Police said Waiters turned himself in Wednesday morning.
