Wah WahNASHVILLE, Tenn. – A man has been arrested in an early morning stabbing outside a Walmart in south Nashville.
Detectives charged 27-year-old Wah Wah with felony aggravated assault and unlawful weapon possession.
Darrius Griffin, 39, was stabbed several times in the driveway of the Walmart on Harding Place, near Nolensville Pike, around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Griffin told police he was walking along Harding Place to catch an MTA bus when someone in a van threw a beer bottle at him. He said as he reached the Walmart driveway he encountered three men that were getting out of the van. An altercation took place, and Griffin was stabbed several times in his torso and left leg.
A friend drove Griffin to the front of the store and dropped him off. He was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and is expected to recover.
As police responded to the scene, an officer spotted the van leaving and stopped it on Harding Place. Wah was the only occupant, but detectives found a .22 caliber rifle along with bullets and a magazine for the gun in his pocket.
Wah spoke very limited English, and said he was from Thailand. He was taken to Vanderbilt, where Griffin identified him as one of the three men who attacked him.
Police continue to try to identify and locate the other two men.
Wah was jailed in lieu of $120,000 bond.
