Suffolk Man Stabs 1 In Confrontation At Gas Station: Police

CENTEREACH, NY — A Suffolk man stabbed another man in a fight at a gas station and seriously injured him on Thursday night, Suffolk police said.

Just after 8 p.m., a 49-year-old East Setauket man was driving himself and three others into the entrance of Shell Gas on Middle Country Road in Centereach as Matthew Ulloa was jogging westbound past the entrance, said police, adding, Ulloa yelled at the driver and continued jogging westbound on Middle Country Road.

The driver then drove into the gas station, pumped gas into the car, and then drove it back out to the roadway, also heading westbound, but when car vehicle approached Ulloa, he parked and exited "to confront Ulloa," police said. The two got into a physical fight, and Ulloa stabbed the man eleven times with a knife, according to police.

The man was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious injuries, police said.

Ulloa, 18, of Ronkonkoma, was charged with second-degree assault and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Friday, according to police.