Man Stabbed With Deer Antler in Fight

COLUMBUS, GA (AP) -- A Columbus man was in critical condition Wednesday after he was stabbed with a deer antler during a fight.

Columbus police responding to the incident at about 10 p.m. on Monday found a man lying in the road and another man sitting nearby. Terry Moore, 55, had a stab wound to his left ribs and a head wound. He was rushed to The Medical Center in Columbus.

According to authorities, witnesses said the man sitting with Moore, 47-year-old Eugene Ellington, stabbed him with a deer antler and struck him with the rim of a bicycle tire. Ellington was arrested and has been charged with aggravated assault.

Police said the two men were acquaintances who argued before the fight because Moore refused to stop calling Ellington a name with an expletive.

Ellington denied that the deer antler was his.

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