Officers from the Pinellas Park Police Department responded to a home located in the 10300 block of Oakhaven Drive at approximately 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday, December 21, 2022.
The call for service was in reference to reports of an adult male that was stabbed. Officers located the victim suffering from two stab wounds. The victim was transported to the trauma center at Bayfront Health and is currently listed in stable condition.
Investigators determined that 56 year-old Van Vui Duong invited the 57 year-old male victim over to his residence. While consuming alcoholic beverages, Duong and the victim engaged in a verbal argument. As a result of the argument, the victim began to leave the residence as requested. According the the arrest affidavit, as the victim approached the interior garage door to exit the residence, Duong attacked him from behind with a knife. A witness separated the two men but Duong attacked over and over again. Despite being pushed away by the victim, he was able to stab the victim in the face and in the chest.
Duong was arrested as a result of the investigation and charged with Attempted Murder in
the Second Degree.