A “religious debate” outside a North Florida convenience store turned violent when a man took offense and began attacking two men who didn’t share his views, investigators say. The “violent assault” left one man with multiple stab wounds and the other with bruises to the face, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Both survived, with one sent to the hospital, but details of their conditions have not been released. It happened around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at a Circle K gas station in Palm Coast, about a 60-mile drive south from Jacksonville.
A “religious debate” outside a North Florida convenience store turned violent when a man took offense and began attacking two men who didn’t share his views, investigators say. The “violent assault” left one man with multiple stab wounds and the other with bruises to the face, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Both survived, with one sent to the hospital, but details of their conditions have not been released. It happened around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at a Circle K gas station in Palm Coast, about a 60-mile drive south from Jacksonville.
“The suspect later became upset and the conversation turned into a heated debate,” the sheriff’s office said. “The men alleged the suspect began hitting one of them after he attempted to deescalate the situation and then stabbed the other. The suspect then fled on foot through a wooded area behind Circle K.” A search of the area proved unsuccessful. However, detectives eventually determined the suspect was Detherow, who lives in Palm Coast.
He was arrested the next day at his home and charged with two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, officials said. He remained in the jail March 20 with a $300,000 bond, jail records show. “You don’t solve disagreements by attacking someone,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said in the release. “When people talk religion or politics, often someone gets offended, but getting your feelings hurt doesn’t give you the right to physically harm someone else.”
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