McCartney captured three days after throwing tool at victim.
McCartney
Lake City’s pitchfork assailant is off the streets.
Ryan Paul McCartney, a 36-year-old from Lake City, was arrested late Thursday night by the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office on a warrant for attempted murder after he threw a pitchfork at a victim Monday morning.
McCartney was booked into the Columbia County Detention Center at 11:31 p.m. Thursday after three days on the run.
According to the Lake City Police Department, McCartney threw a pitchfork at a 49-year-old victim on NW Palm Drive around 8:25 a.m. Monday following a verbal argument.
When officers arrived, they found the vicim with stab wounds to the head and neck, providing aid to the victim until EMS arrived and transported the victim to a trauma unit.
The victim and witnesses told officers that McCartney threw a pitchfork at the vicim after getting upset. He then fled on foot.