Florida men wielding hatchet and machete clash in Publix parking lot, police say

Two Florida men have been charged with aggravated battery after allegedly taking up arms — one with a machete and one with a hatchet — in a Publix parking lot.

The Aug. 4 “physical altercation” between Everette Krichbaum, 52, and James Gay, 35, was over a love interest, according to a police report.

Detectives reported Gay was the “primary aggressor” in the incident in Panama City.

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Krichbaum was sitting in his car in the Publix parking lot when Gay first approached him and started a “verbal altercation,”...