Alabama stabbing victim to be charged: Police

ATMORE, Ala. ( WKRG ) — The Atmore Police Department provided an update on the investigation of a stabbing at a local Tractor Supply that injured two people.

According to a news release, the lead investigator and Escambia County district attorney reviewed the evidence, discussed video and statements made and determined the man stabbed and found in the Tractor Supply will be charged with first-degree assault once he can walk.

Atmore police officers responded to a reported stabbing on April 23 around 12:20 p.m. at the Tractor Supply on 161 Lindberg Ave.

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Officers reportedly found a man bleeding inside the Tractor Supply entry doors, and another man was seriously injured in the parking lot.

Officers and employees provided first aid to the men stabbed to slow the blood loss, according to reports. The two injured were then taken by ambulance to Atmore Community Hospital and then flown to separate trauma centers.

Police saw two men in the parking lot with a lot of blood on their clothing but not injured. Officers detained them and questioned them before releasing them.

Investigators did not speak with the two people stabbed because of their medical conditions, News 5 has learned.

The man injured in the store parking lot suffered a punctured lung, bruising across his eyes and cheeks and is paralyzed below the waist. He’s had several surgeries.

The man found injured inside the store has also had several surgeries, police said. He will be charged with first-degree assault once ambulatory.

The police department will not release his identity at this time.

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