Fight between co-workers turns into a stabbing, South Carolina sheriff says
One man went to jail while his co-worker at a business in South Carolina was taken to a hospital in Columbia after the two fought and one was stabbed, according to the Sumter County Sheirff’s Office.
Dakota Allen Lee, 27, was arrested and charged with attempted murder, the sheriff’s office said Wednesday in a news release.
On Tuesday afternoon, deputies responded to the report of a stabbing at a Sumter business, according to the release. The business where the attack happened was not identified, but it’s on Cockerill Road, the sheriff’s office said.
Deputies located the victim and provided life-saving care until EMS arrived and took the victim to Prisma Health Richland hospital, according to the release. Further information on the victim’s condition was not available.
No other injuries were reported.
Lee was taken to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center, where he’s waiting for a bond hearing, according to the release.
There was no word why the co-workers were fighting, ubt the sheirff’s office said it’s continuing to investigate the stabbing.
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This story was originally published April 22, 2026 at 10:02 AM with the headline "Fight between co-workers turns into a stabbing, South Carolina sheriff says."
