Man stabs fellow park-goer after 2 families argue at Adventureland Amusement Park on Long Island

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Man stabs fellow park-goer after 2 families argue at Adventureland Amusement Park on Long Island
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One man stabbed another in the stomach at a kid-friendly amusement park on Long Island Sunday afternoon after two families got into an argument, according to cops and law enforcement sources.

Shirley resident Daniel Tomasky, 42, allegedly knifed an acquaintance, James Burns, of Florida, around 4:50 p.m. at Adventureland Amusement Park that sent the 47-year-old victim to an area hospital in serious condition, Suffolk County police said. The stabbing was sparked when two families at the popular East Farmingdale summer attraction began to quarrel, sources told The Post.One man stabbed another in the stomach at Adventureland Amusement Park on Long Island Sunday afternoon after two families got into an argument.Police said several people were involved in the altercation that happened in front of at least one child.

Tomasky was arrested and charged with first-degree assault, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, endangering the welfare of a child and other related criminal counts, police said. After a few hours of police investigating the scene of the crime, Adventureland was operating as usual, the park spokesperson told Newsday.The stabbing was sparked when two families at the popular East Farmingdale summer attraction began to quarrel, sources told The Post.

“You’re seeing familiar faces. You’re seeing them coming with their kids, maybe sometimes with their grandkids,” he told the station. “It’s an institution.

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