A stabbing near Prewitt Village in Belle Glade left multiple people injured, with first responders rushing to the scene just before 11:30 a.m. Reports on the number of victims differ, and no further details about a possible arrest or motive have been released.
According to wptv.com, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue confirmed that two people were hurt in the incident. That account states that first responders were sent to Prewitt Village just before 11:30 a.m., and that the injured were taken to a hospital for treatment. As of that report, no further details had been released.
A separate account from CBS12 News WPEC put the number of injured at four, reporting that two of them were sent to a trauma center. The discrepancy between the two counts has not been resolved, and it remains unclear whether the two reports are describing the same incident or offering differing snapshots of it as information trickled in.
What We Still Don't Know
Neither report includes a police statement, details on the victims' identities or conditions, or any word on an arrest. The exact circumstances that led to the stabbing, along with confirmation of the precise number of people hurt, have not been made public.
Belle Glade has seen at least one other violent encounter reported in recent memory. In a separate case detailed by cbs12.com, a man suffered injuries to his head, hand and ear after an alleged 12-inch machete attack. In that incident, Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies responded around 12:22 a.m. to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard after receiving a report of a stabbing, and investigators said surveillance footage from the Real-Time Crime Center corroborated the victim's account. The suspect in that case, identified as Ronnie Mincey and known as “G-Dog,” was arrested and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, resisting an officer without violence and battery. There is no confirmation that the two cases are connected.
For now, the extent of the injuries and the total number of victims from the Prewitt Village stabbing remain unsettled between the two accounts. Hoodline will update this story if Palm Beach County officials release further details.
