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| Decatur, Ala. | Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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11/22/12
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Downtown business owner is stabbed in parking lot fracas
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A man stabbed in the head multiple times during a fight early Wednesday had brandished a pistol and was trying to draw a second gun when the other man pulled out his pocketknife, police said.
No charges have not been filed against either man involved in the 12:45 a.m. fight in a parking lot at the corner of East Moulton Street and First Avenue Southeast.
Scott Dutton, 30, of Decatur was listed in fair condition at Huntsville Hospital following the stabbing. He was being treated in the surgical intensive care unit, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Dutton is the owner of Downtown Dawgs on East Moulton Street. The parking lot was beside The Brick Deli & Tavern and across the street from Dutton’s business.
Investigators said Dutton brandished a pistol and taunted Jared McCulloh, 30, of Decatur, and used his pickup to block the vehicle in which McCulloh and a woman were trying to leave. He physically attacked McCulloh and a fight ensued, investigators said.
“At this point, we don’t anticipate filing charges,” said Detective Michael Burleson. “What we will probably do is prepare a report and run it through a grand jury and let them decide, but from what we can tell right now, this was self-defense.”
McCulloh suffered minor injuries in the fight. He was taken to Decatur Morgan Hospital Parkway Campus by private vehicle for treatment of a cut on his hand, police Lt. Chris Jones said.
The woman was identified by witnesses as a former girlfriend of Dutton’s. Police said Dutton had accosted McCulloh and the woman inside the bar shortly before the incident.
Dutton and McCulloh “were shaking hands and wanting to buy each other a drink in here,” Brick co-owner Tina Hall said.
“We knew the situation with them being ex-boyfriend and girlfriend and we were on top of it. We didn’t let anything happen. We don’t want to put our patrons in any danger, but we can’t control what people do after they leave this building,” she said.
Hall said she called 911 as soon as she saw Dutton standing across the street with a gun he apparently pulled from an ankle holster.
“They (McCulloh and the woman) ran to his truck to get away when they saw he had a gun. When they did that, he (Dutton) took his bumper and ran it all the way up against their bumper and had them trapped there in the parking space,” Hall said.
The dispute turned physical in about a minute, Hall said.
“There was no intervening. ... There wasn’t anything that anybody could have done to stop it,” she said. “I looked over my shoulder and I heard sirens and saw a police car coming by me and when I turned back around, Jared was already on top of him. I thought he was just hitting him, I didn’t find out until the police and the EMTs got there that he wasn’t hitting him — he was stabbing him.”
Burleson said Dutton was trying to take a second pistol from his pocket when McCulloh was able to get his pocketknife and stabbed Dutton several times.
Emergency personnel arrived to find Dutton lying in the parking lot and bleeding severely. He was rushed to Decatur Morgan Hospital Decatur General Campus by ambulance and then taken by MedFlight to Huntsville Hospital.
Hall said she was shocked and saddened by the incident.
“I know Scott. I know his family. He owns a business next to us. It just breaks our heart. It’s awful,” she said.
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Hmmmm...I remember I couple of people commenting on the earlier story that it must have been some "redneck" that showed up and tried to cause some trouble. Now we find out that the person stabbed was not only the owner, but the instigator. Just one more example on how one should not make assumptions or draw conclusions about something when they don't have all the facts.
Why was the owner carrying two guns? Two? Is he not married? He should have been with his wife that time of night instead of chasing after a ex girlfriend.
And folks are spending tons of money to try and draw people downtown. No thanks - don't think I'll go. Sounding thug-ish to me.
If you pull a gun on someone you better be willing to use it... If not you might get stabbed with a pocket knife. Kind of embarrassing really.
If the Daily would report all the facts not jibberish bits and pieces then a lot of the comments would never be made , and yes lots of rednecks come to Decatur and cause problems along with lots of Idiots and thug trash that lives here
If he pulled a gun from an ankle holster and was trying to pull another one from his pocket, then he obviously had them on his person inside the bar. Last time I checked, carrying a firearm where alcohol was served or sold was illegal. Tbone, Decatur is full of rednecks, idiots, dopers and thug trash.
How do you take two guns to a fight and have your a$$ handed to you? Sounds like this dude is lucky McCulloh was not packing.
Hot Dog Thuggery at its best! S M H
yet another good reason why you should always have AT LEAST a pocket knife on you
No Alabama law banning firearms in a bar for someone with a Concealed carry permit
And now you know why Hartselle voted to stay dry!
I know Phil everytime I go to Hartselle I just love seeing that 12 ft. wall that surrounds Hartselle and the guards at the check points that search all vehicles to make sure they have NO Guns, Knives or Alchol in them!!!!
well said Ronald........I mean really Phil, listen to yourself. Do you really believe there aren't drugs, alcohol, knives and thugs in Hartselle? You are just part of the NIMBYism movement.............Not In My Back Yard group. I betcha' you, yourself have purchased alcohol from that bad bunch over Decatur way and brought it back "over the line" when nobody was looking at you!
Phil . . . your comment was meaningless as well as ignorant. Think first.
Decatur has an ordinance that forbids a person to "carry or have concealed about his person a bowie knife or knife or instrument of like kind or description or a pistol, shotgun, rifle, or firearm of any other kind or an air gun, air pistol or BB gun on premises which have been duly licensed by the city for the sale thereon of alcoholic beverages."
So much for the ole saying" Don't take a knife to a gun fight.
Wonder if the Daily will ever correct the story that the picture is for the wrong business? The business owner was from across the street where alcohol isn't served and wasn't open at te time. At the point where he enters a bar, he is just another customer. If he enters the bar, or their parking lot armed, then he is a trespasser if they chose to prosecute.
Charles. Please shut up. Nothing you said is accurate. Your commentary is worse than your show. And even less accurate.
I apologize Jean, let me rephrase it there is no Alabama state law prohibiting carrying a gun in a bar with a Concealed carry permit
And the city's ordinances are pre-empted by state statute 11-45-1.1 which says "No incorporated municipality shall have the power to enact any ordinance, rule, or regulation which shall tax, restrict, prevent, or in any way affect the possession or ownership of handguns by the citizens of this state. The entire subject matter of handguns is reserved to the State Legislature. This section shall not be construed to limit or restrict the power of a municipality to adopt ordinances which make the violation of a state handgun law a violation of a municipal ordinance to the same extent as other state law violations, or to limit or restrict the power of a municipal court to exercise concurrent jurisdiction with the district court over violations of state handgun laws which may be prosecuted as breaches of a municipal ordinance."
$20 says Downtown Dawgs will be out of business in less than 6 months due to this incident.