Benton County Sheriff's Deputies were notified at 4:30 PM that an assault occurred in the parking lot of Dollar General located at 14633 Highway 7, which is in rural Warsaw today.
According to the victim, Troy Mays 59, the suspect, David Meddings 58 allegedly attacked him while he was sitting in the passenger seat of a friend's vehicle.
The suspect pulled the door open and physically assaulted Mays before producing an edged weapon, stabbing Mays in the lower abdomen one time. Both suspect and victim left the scene and returned to their prospective residences on Fairview Dr in Bent Tree Harbor.
Apparently this is part of an ongoing feud between neighbors. The suspect was taken into custody at his residence at 5:12 PM, without further incident.
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