Man accused of threatening convenience store employee with knife: ‘I’ll gut you like a fish’

The Brief

  • A knife-wielding man caused a scare at an Orlando convenience store, threatening customers before making a coffee and leaving.
  • Employee Emanuel Matos kept the man focused on him to prevent harm.
  • Deputies later arrested the suspect, charging him with aggravated assault.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. A knife-wielding man caused a scare at an Orlando convenience store, threatening customers before making a coffee and leaving.

‘I’ll gut you like a fish’

What we know:

A man armed with a knife caused panic inside the Manilla Express convenience store on East Colonial Drive early Wednesday morning.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect as 61-year-old Kelvin Whitt, who entered the store around 6:15 a.m. and began shouting threats.

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