A man was arrested Sunday night after stabbing two people in Gainesville's Tent City, a homeless community.
Kenneth Griffin, 65, was wandering near the tent of Ronnie Brannock, 40, when Brannock got upset that there was a stranger at the campsite. The men got into an argument, and Griffin punched Brannock.
While Griffin and Brannock were fighting, Brannock called for his neighbor, William Josey, 39, said Keith Kameg, Gainesville Police Department spokesman. When Josey came out to try to stop the fight, Griffin stabbed Josey multiple times in the chest.
"Witnesses said they thought he was punching Josey because of the way it looked, but Griffin was really stabbing him," Kameg said. He said Griffin also stabbed Brannock once in the back. Brannock and Josie were taken to Shands.
Kameg said Griffin has served 40 years in prison for murdering three people.
