Florida man tried to behead man in convenience store with scissors

According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, a Florida man stabbed an acquaintance 40 times with a pair of scissors in an attempted beheading inside a convenience store.

The victim was rushed to a local hospital with severe wounds to his head, neck and torso. The man was arrested at the scene and hit with attempted murder raps.

“This disgusting crime will not be tolerated in Lee County,” said Sheriff Carmine Marceno. “I am proud of the quick response of our deputies that helped save the victim’s life, and the hard work of my detectives to take Clarke off the street.”