One man shot, another stabbed in Lake Worth fight

LAKE WORTH — A homeless woman who repor tedly used drugs outside a Lake Worth home was at the heart of a fight late Monday that ended with one man being shot and another being stabbed repeatedly, Palm Beach County Sheriff ’s Office records state.

The woman called a friend some time after 10 p.m. Mond ay a n d s a i d s h e ’d b e e n punched by Gary Steven White outside a rental community his father manages on Federal Highway. White’s father, who shares his son’s first and last name, told authorities his son began arguing with the woman over her alleged drug use.

Moments after the call, the woman’s friend heard a noise outside his home on North M Street, just west of North Federal Highway.

The man opened his door and saw two men outside the fence. The younger man, the 47-year-old White, entered the home, despite the resident’s orders to stay outside.

The resident shot White in the abdomen. White screamed for his “daddy,” records state.

“Daddy, he shot me,” White reportedly yelled.

The older White and the resident struggled over the gun, the resident said, and eventually the resident threw down the firearm.

The resident felt a pain in his back. He then realized he was being stabbed, the police report said.

The father grabbed his son, put him in the car and then picked up the gun. The elder White told police he did so no one else would be shot.

He drove nearly three miles south to his home near Lantana Road and Dixie Highway and called 911.

White was rushed to Delray Medical Center. The resident, too, was rushed to a hospital for the eight stab wounds Palm Beach County Fire Rescue authorities say he sustained.

Whit e f a c e s c h a r ge s o f a t t e mpte d h o mi c i d e a n d burglary with assault . His arrest report does not specify whether he is believed to have stabbed the resident, but his father, who does not face charges, told authorities he didn’t know his son had a knife.

Sheriff ’s authorities found a bloodied knife in the passenger side of the car in which the Whites had driven south.

As of Wednesday morning, White remained hospitalized, court records indicate.