Overview
- Olajuwon Shawn Dickerson, 32, is charged with aggravated battery in Florida after an early Sunday stabbing near 1200 Ocean Drive.
- Police say an argument during a bachelor party escalated when Dickerson allegedly stabbed his friend in the abdomen and was then stabbed in return in self-defense.
- Witnesses told investigators Dickerson had a folding knife and handed over a blood-covered blade after the incident; bouncers had earlier confiscated and returned a knife, according to the affidavit.
- Dickerson waived his Miranda rights and told police he remembered leaving a bar but denied having a knife or recalling an altercation.
- A judge ordered no contact with the alleged victim as both men, treated at a local trauma center, are expected to recover.