COLUMBUS, Miss. (WTVA) -- A Jasper County man faces aggravated assault charges after he stabbed a man during an argument.
Lowndes County Chief Deputy Mark Miley tells WTVA.com Christopher Dale Porter, 36, of Rose Hill and Mitchell Johnson, 36, of Caledonia were riding in a car together when they got into an argument.
Porter is accused of pulling a knife and swinging it a Johnson, who was driving the vehicle.
Johnson stopped at a store on Plymouth Bluff Access Road and the altercation continued.
Porter then left the scene in the SUV.
Johnson was taken by ambulance to the Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle where he was treated for his injuries and later released.
Porter was arrested a short time later.
