Gainesville Police are looking for a man accused of attempting to murder someone by stabbing at Circle K early Wednesday morning.
Randy James Gillis, 37, of Gainesville, is accused of stabbing a man during a fight around 5 a.m. at the gas station, at 20 NE Waldo Road, according to a sworn complaint.
The man told police he was sweeping the gas station parking lot when Gillis walked up to him and began arguing with him. The man said Gillis might have been angry with him because he gave Gillis’ girlfriend two cigarettes last Friday, the report said.
The man told Gillis he didn’t “want his girlfriend” and walked inside the Circle K to avoid fighting, the complaint said. When he came back outside to continue sweeping, Gillis told him, “I’m going to kill you.”
Gillis swung at the man, and the two began fighting. During the fight, Gillis pulled out a knife and stabbed the man in the torso under his left armpit, police said.
After two Circle K employees broke up the fight, the man was taken to UF Health Shands Hospital. He is in stable condition, GPD spokesperson Ofc. Ben Tobias wrote in an email.
Gillis is usually seen in Dignity Village and on Northeast Eighth Avenue near a food store, Tobias said. Police are asking anyone with information to call Alachua County Crime Stoppers at 352-372-STOP.
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