A man is in custody after a stabbing at a convenience store late Friday night. According to an arrest report, Seminole County sheriff's deputies arrested Louis Chinnery, 55, after he stabbed a 46-year-old man inside Jackson Street Store at 123 Jackson St.Chinnery approached authorities who were processing the scene and told them he stabbed the victim in self-defense. Chinnery said that while he and another employee were closing the store the man, who seemed to be on drugs, ran at him "like a mad man." A fight followed and Chinnery says he stabbed the victim because he feared for his life. Officials said the victim was not armed. Chinnery is charged with aggravated battery causing bodily harm or disability.

A man is in custody after a stabbing at a convenience store late Friday night.

According to an arrest report, Seminole County sheriff's deputies arrested Louis Chinnery, 55, after he stabbed a 46-year-old man inside Jackson Street Store at 123 Jackson St.


Chinnery approached authorities who were processing the scene and told them he stabbed the victim in self-defense. Chinnery said that while he and another employee were closing the store the man, who seemed to be on drugs, ran at him "like a mad man." A fight followed and Chinnery says he stabbed the victim because he feared for his life.

Officials said the victim was not armed.

Chinnery is charged with aggravated battery causing bodily harm or disability.

