Slap on back was really a stabbing

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Bill Donovan
Independent correspondent

GALLUP — A witness to a fight between two Gallup residents thought it was over when the two said they were sorry and were slapping each other on the back.

But it turns out that one of those involved in the fight was not using his hands when he hit the other in the back. He used a knife.

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