Asshole of the Week
For the official Phillyist record, hunting knives don't belong in the Mellon Center concourse bathroom. People who might get confused on this subject go to prison.
Yesterday, Ben Davis of Camden went to meet his wife after her hair appointment at Salon Hair Express, and met an attack instead. He was stabbed in the head, back, and chest with a hunting knife. A hunting knife! His son described his father during the attack: "He basically fought him off until he could get out of the bathroom, got help from a guard, he made it over to the salon where it got dramatic because my mother saw what he went through," said the victim's son Ben Davis, Jr. Philadelphia, listen. These weapons people are using to maim and kill one another were supposed to help us eat. There aren't any deer in the Mellon Center. Just people.
The attacker, William Berrioz, didn't get far. He was chased and captured by a security guard, and then arrested. Thank goodness. There are too many yahoos trying to do one another harm. We ought to be safe walking around in the concourses. We shouldn't have to grab mace to leave our homes. We shouldn't be worried about that man in the shadow. But we are, and it is awful.
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