A fight at a local bar Monday night ended with two men injured, and both facing charges. Wilkesboro Police responded to Dooleys about dinnertime Monday on the report of a fight in progress. By the time they arrived, one of th emen involved had made it outside the building. Jeffrey Scott Davis told the officer he had been hit on the head with a bottle of ketchup, and then turned around and beat his attacker to a pulp. The other man, Randall Smoot, was unconscious in the men's room.



Others in the bar say this is how it happened: Smoot approached Davis as he sat at the bar, and told hijm he wasn't afraid of anyone -- a statement apparently made due to an ongoing disagreement between the two. Davis ignored him, witnesses told police. A while later, he got up and went to the restroom. He tells police he was minding his own business when Smoot smashed a ketchup bottle over his head. He did suffer minor cuts and scrapes from that. Davis says he turned around and started beating on Smoot, driving him to the ground, where he kicked him several times for good measure.



The officer took Davis to jail and charged him with assault inflicting serious bodily injury. Smoot was rushed to Winston-Salem by Wilkes EMS, and faces undetermined charges when he is released from the hospital.

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