Stabbing reported at Myrtle Beach area pancake house, police say
One person was stabbed at a Myrtle Beach area pancake house Friday morning, and police quickly apprehended the suspect at a nearby grocery store.
Dwight Price told The Sun News he was having breakfast at Hot Stacks Cafe on Kings Highway around 11 a.m. with someone he knew and the person became agitated.
“He just decided all the sudden he needed to be angry,” Price said. “He got a dirty knife at the restaurant.”
Price said he was stabbed a couple of time, but was OK. The suspect also threw a couple of chairs before running out of the restaurant and across the street to Kroger.
Peter Politis owns the cafe and said he was in an office when a disagreement between the two people erupted. He came out and helped separated the people.
The suspect walked outside and Politis said he was talking to him, when others came out and the suspect ran off.
Horry County Police arrested the suspect at the grocery store. A heavy police presence was at Kroger immediately after the incident, though shoppers continued to enter and exit the store. Several said they didn’t see anything and were puzzled by the commotion.
Initial reports said three people were stabbed, but Price was the only victim. He did not go to the hospital for treatment and left the scene with family.
This story was originally published January 25, 2019 at 11:37 AM.
