VINELAND, N.J. -- A dispute over a pushcart at a Home Depot store escalated into a duel between two patrons armed with 2-by-4 boards, leaving one of them with a wound to his chin and both under arrest.
Police charged Wei Sun, 45, of Upper Darby, Pa., and Larry Bostic, 52, of Vineland with assault following the Sunday morning altercation inside the store at the Cumberland Mall.
Bostic needed eight stitches to his chin, according to police, who said Bostic also had a tooth knocked out and another one cracked.
The fight followed Bostic's taking a cart that had been sitting in an aisle unattended. Bostic told police a store worker suggested he use the cart after he asked the employee for one.
When Bostic began to stack his lumber, Sun said the cart was his and demanded it back, according to police. A fistfight ensured, followed by the men grabbing 2-by-4s and swinging them at each other.
Police said Bostic suffered the wound to his chin when a board was thrown at him.
Police charged Wei Sun, 45, of Upper Darby, Pa., and Larry Bostic, 52, of Vineland with assault following the Sunday morning altercation inside the store at the Cumberland Mall.
Bostic needed eight stitches to his chin, according to police, who said Bostic also had a tooth knocked out and another one cracked.
The fight followed Bostic's taking a cart that had been sitting in an aisle unattended. Bostic told police a store worker suggested he use the cart after he asked the employee for one.
When Bostic began to stack his lumber, Sun said the cart was his and demanded it back, according to police. A fistfight ensured, followed by the men grabbing 2-by-4s and swinging them at each other.
Police said Bostic suffered the wound to his chin when a board was thrown at him.
