IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. — A man used a BBQ fork to stab another man, according to the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to a stabbing call Saturday afternoon on Rowan Road in Cleveland and found Thomas Freeland suffering from stab wounds and Michael England suffering from facial injuries.
Witnesses told deputies that England threw a brick into the windshield of Freeland’s Cadillac. Threats were exchanged between the two men, and then a fight broke out, according to witnesses.
At some point during the fight, England brandished a BBQ fork and began stabbing Freeland, investigators said.
(Thomas Freeland)
Both men were taken to Iredell Memorial Hospital, where they were treated and released.
(Michael England)
England is charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.
Freeland is charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, and was also served a probation violation.
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