Suncoast:  Police arrested a 7-Eleven clerk for aggravated battery on a customer with a deadly weapon

Danny Waiters, 34, admitted to detectives that he stabbed the victim, a man in his 60s who frequently carries a spear. According to Waiters, the victim approached him behind the 7-Eleven, they argued, and the victim displayed the spear but did not threaten him with it. Later, after the store manager told the victim to leave the property, Waiters intervened and argued with the victim again. The victim turned his back on employees, and Waiters stabbed him once with a pocketknife. Waiters says he believed the victim was going to grab the spear.

The victim underwent surgery and is recovering. Waiters agreed to turn himself in.