One wounded in stabbing on Archer Road in Gainesville, suspect charged with attempted murder

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Officers are investigating a stabbing in southwest Gainesville that sent someone to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Gainesville Police Department officers say they are charging Peter Thompson, 35, with attempted murder in connection with a reported stabbing on the 3500 block of Southwest Archer Road.

Emergency crews took the victim to the hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries.

Witnesses told detectives that two homeless men got into a fight that ended with one of the men, later identified as Thomas, stabbing the other.

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