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Tampa Man Charged In Stabbing At Borrell Park

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By HOWARD ALTMAN | The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 10, 2008

  Willie Rivers

TAMPA - A verbal argument between two men escalated into a stabbing this afternoon, according to Tampa police.

Willie Lee Rivers, 58, of 3302 N. Florida Ave., and Robert Pruitt, 74, with no known address, had a verbal argument earlier in the day, then ran into each at Borrell Park, Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. Their confrontation flared again at 2:39 p.m., McElroy said, and Rivers pulled a knife out of his backpack and stabbed Pruitt.

Pruitt went an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Rivers was arrested and charged with aggravated battery

Team leader Howard Altman can be reached at (813) 259-7629 or haltman@tampatrib.com.

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