Julius Jacolby Irving, 32, was charged with attempted murder.

A Gainesville Krispy Kreme employee was arrested late Wednesday after police said he stabbed another man at least four times outside the doughnut shop.

Julius Jacolby Irving, 32, was charged with attempted murder.

At about midnight, Irving and the man argued behind Krispy Kreme at 310 NW 13th St., according to a Gainesville Police Department media release.

The release said that Irving, a Krispy Kreme employee, was upset about how a female co-worker was making doughnuts.



The woman later called her boyfriend to come pick her up from work. When he arrived, he confronted Irving about the argument and Irving "took a swing at him," according to the release.

After the men stopped fighting, the woman's boyfriend tried to walk away, but police said Irving armed himself with a 4-inch knife and stabbed him several times, causing life-threatening injuries.

Irving was arrested at the scene, and still had the knife, police said. The stabbing victim was taken to UF Health Shands and rushed into surgery.

Medical staff found the man was stabbed twice in the chest, once in the back and once in the left thigh.

The injury to the man's hip required officers to apply a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.

Irving was booked into the Alachua County jail at 3:43 a.m. His bond had not been set as of Thursday morning.