DEAF MAN STABBED AS SIGN LANGUAGE IS CONFUSED FOR GANG SIGNS IN NORTH CAROLINA



BURLINGTON, N.C. –  Police in North Carolina say a deaf man was stabbed several times after his sign language was mistaken for gang signs by another man.
Burlington Police Sgt. Mark Yancey said 45-year-old Terrance Ervin Daniels was using sign language with another deaf man. He said a third person saw them, thought they were flashing gang signs and stabbed Daniels with a kitchen knife. A neighbor saw the victim and called emergency personnel. Daniels is in stable condition at UNC 
Hospitals in Chapel Hill after Wednesday's incident.

stabbing.jpgPolice arrested 22-year Robert Jarell Neal and charged him with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and felony assault on a handicapped person. He's being held in the Alamance County jail. 
It's not known if Neal has an attorney.

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