A disturbance at a Destin nightspot Saturday night/Sunday morning resulted in a stabbing outside the business and at least one arrest so far.
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responding to Coyote Ugly for a large scale disturbance say when they arrived they found multiple people unconscious in the parking lot with facial injuries and one individual who had been stabbed in the lower back and was unconscious in a van.
Deputies identified a suspect in the stabbing and arrested 24-year old Jared Granados of Collierville ,Tennessee on a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Jared Granados
Granados told deputies he was coming to the aid of his girlfriend.
Deputies say there are additional victims and suspects. Video surveillance captured one man punching a woman in the face and knocking her out and another person hitting a male in the face and knocking him unconscious as well.
The investigation is ongoing and anyone who witnessed the melee or has information is asked to please contact the OCSO at 850.651.7400 or Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at 850.863.TIPS, emeraldcoastcrimestoppers.com, or via the P3 Tips mobile application.
Navarre Newspaper reminds are readers that Jared Granados is presumed innocent unless found guilty in a court of law.
