RFP Staff
♦ Salisbury Police sources reported that Monday at around 6:39 a.m. that an alleged altercation broke out at the Speedway gas station (formerly Wilco Express) at 500 East Innes between Curtis David White 47, of the streets of Salisbury, and Shaun Michael Elliot, 37, an acquaintance living on the 800 block of Bringle Ferry Road in Salisbury. The fight escalated to the point where White allegedly pulled a box cutter on Elliot and began to assault him with it. The fight ended quickly with Elliot suffering severe lacerations. White left the area on foot, but was soon picked up by the Salisbury Police in the 300 block of North Shaver Street.
The area around the Speedway Gas Station and the Waffle House has long been known as one of Salisbury’s Bermuda Triangles of violent crime. Fights outside the former Wilco Express and now called the Speedway are fairly common occurrences where people buying coffee or gassing up are often treated to apocalyptic toughman fights between combatants armed with broken bottles, knives, brass knuckles, box cutters, baseball bats, and even large scissors. An unconfirmed story is that a video segment of “Bum Fights” was once filmed behind the old Wilco-Hess station. Perhaps a documentarian will one day show up in Salisbury and digitally capture some the epic wars taking place between here and the Waffle House lot. The heart and soul of Salisbury will at last be revealed.
White was charged with assault with a deadly weapon (felony). Under a secured $10,000 bond, he is being held in the Rowan County Detention Center.
Curtis David White:
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