APD Arrest Man for Slashing Victim During an Argument

Asheville -- June 3, 2023: On Monday afternoon, Asheville Police arrested a man for stabbing another.

APD officers responded to a stabbing at Haywood and College Street at about 4 p.m. on June 5. 

A witness informed the officers two males arguing, one of them pulled out a buck knife, began swinging, cut the victim's hand, and disappeared before the police arrived. 

The victim was taken to Mission Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. In a neighboring parking garage, police arrested 54 -year-old William Garland Kuykendall. 

Kuykendall was charged with Assault with a Deadly Weapon. He was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $3,000 secured bond (or $300 to a bondsman) issued by the magistrate.

Editor's Note:* A criminal charge is an accusation, by law, a person accused of a crime is innocent until proven in a court of law.