BRAWL AT NIGHTCLUB LEAVES ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED

A BRAWL OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE PARKING LOT OF A KINGSPORT NIGHTCLUB HAS LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED AND TWO OTHER BEHIND BARS. 30 YEAR OLD JEREMY HUTCHINS AND 32 YEAR OLD DONNIE RAY HUTCHINS, WHO ARE BROTHERS, ARE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF JASON GENTRY. HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE LACERATIONS TO HIS FACE, JAW AND NECK WITH ONE OF THE CUTS ONLY INCHES FROM SEVERING HIS JUGULAR VEIN. HE HAD TO UNDERGO EMERGENCY SURGERY AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL BUT IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. GENTRY TOLD POLICE HE WAS ATTACKED BY THE BROTHERS WHOM HIS FRIENDS HAD PROBLEMS WITH INSIDE HOG WILD SALOON ON WEST STONE DRIVE. THE BROTHERS WERE ALLEGEDLY ARMED WITH A KNIFE AND GOLF CLUB. DONNIE AND JEREMY HUTCHINS WILL BE ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. THEIR BOND IS SET AT 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS.