PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – A hearing impaired Gainesville man is accused of stabbing his brother Sunday during an argument near Hawthorne, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.
Manuel Hutchinson, 50, was arrested Sunday night and charged with domestic violence related aggravated battery.
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His brother, 37-year-old Rodney Rossell Hutchinson, was treated at UF Health Shands in Gainesville.
According to deputies, Manuel Hutchinson got into an argument with his brother at his brother's home on County Road C-20A.
Manuel Hutchinson, who is hearing impaired, evidently was made fun of because he cannot hear, and became angry with his brother, who is also dating
Manuel's old girlfriend, deputies said.
The argument reportedly resulted in the two brothers becoming involved in a physical fight, deputies said. Witnesses then reported that Manuel Hutchinson retrieved a knife from his car, began to chase his brother around the yard and finally stabbed his brother when Rodney Hutchinson fell over a log.
Manuel Hutchinson reportedly fled the scene but returned while the investigation was under way and turned himself in to deputies.
Detectives interviewed Manuel Hutchinson at the Sheriff's Office with the assistance of a sign language interpreter and afterward he was arrested without incident, deputies said.
Manuel Hutchinson is being held in the Putnam County Jail without benefit of bond.