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Carny stabs man with box cutter at Santa’s Enchanted Forest in Florida

A traveling carnival worker stabbed a man wit💧h a boxcutter at Santa’s En▨chanted Forest holiday theme park in Florida early Tuesday morning, according to police.

Nicholas Joeﷺ Moore, 32, of Mississippi, allegedly approached a man “in an aggressive manner” as he was waiting i💙n line for food at the Medley park’s food court area around 12:30 a.m. and “forcibly” pushed his forearm into the victim’s neck, according to a police report .

The victim pushed Moore away ꦛand a𓂃 fight broke out.

As the two wrestled to the ground, Moore pulled out a boxcutter and allegeꦚdly stabbed the man repeatedly as he cried out for help, leading some bystanders to intervene.

While the pair were tussling on the ground, Moore later told police that “a Black male brandi🃏shed a gold firearm,” and “both parties💮 disengaged,” the report says.

Nicholas Joe Moore allegedly approached a man “in an aggressive manner” as he was waiting in line for food. Miami-Dade County Records
Santa’s Enchanted Forest is a popular holiday-themed amusement park in Miami-Dade County. AP

Moore said that he was waiting for his girlfriend in line for food when the victim approached him. He only brought out the boxcutter once the victim began to “mount” him, according to the police r🍸eport.

It’s not clear what the two were arguing about.

Moore, deemed by police to be the aggressor, was arrested and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon — a second-degree felo൩ny, according to WPLG. 

Moore reportedly pulled out a boxcutter and stabbed the victim repeatedly. mscdirect.com

He is being held atꦅ the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $10,000🙈 bond as of Tuesday afternoon, according to jail records.

The popular , held annually in Miami-Dade County, boasts more than 100 holiday-tওhemed rides, games, shows and other attractions.

A r🃏ep for the park told The Post Moore was employed by a third-party carnival company and the stabbing happened after closing time when the park was mostly empty.