IN AND THEN RAIN. >>> A HOKE COUNTY MAN IS RECOVERING AFTER A MAN SAYS A FAMILY DOLLAR EMPLOYEE SLASHED HIM ACROSS THE NECK WITH A BOX CUTTER. GILBERT BAEZ IS LIVE AT THAT LOCATION AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE VICTIM. QUITE THE GREW SOME CRIME. >> Reporter: IT HAPPENED SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT 5:30. NOT MANY PEOPLE IN THE STORE WHEN IT WENT DOWN. THE VICTIM SAID HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE SAID OR WHAT HE DID TO PROVOKE THE INDIVIDUAL WHO HE SAID CUT HIM BUT HE DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE CUT ALONG HIS THROAT FROM EAR TO EAR. >> I LOST A LOT OF BLOOD. I THOUGHT I WOULD DIE. >> Reporter: HE HAS GONE INTO THIS FAMILY DOLLAR STORE COUNTLESS TIMES. WHEN HE WALKED IN SUNDAY AFTERNOON, JEROME PIGFORD TOLD HIM HE HAD TO LEAVE. >> I ASKED WHY I NEED TO LEAVE BUILD HE SAID I NEED YOU TO LEAVE. NO REASON FOR ME TO LEAVE. I HAD MONEY. I WASN'T THERE TO TAKE ANYTHING, CAUSE TROUBLE. >> Reporter: THE PAIR EXCHANGED WORDS AND THE ARGUMENT GOT HEATED. >> I CUSSED AT HIM GOING OUT OF THE STORE. I WON'T LIE. MAYBE THAT DID IT. I'M NOT SURE. MAYBE THAT PROVOKED HIM. >> Reporter: IN COURT DOCUMENTS INVESTIGATORS SAY VIDEO SHOWS PIGFORD REACHING IN HIS BACK POCKET STRIKING GRAHAM ACROSS THE NECK AND PLACING THE OBJECT BACK IN HIS POCKET. >> MY THROAT WAS CUT AT LEAST FOUR INCHES WIDE. IT SHOWED EVERYTHING. >> Reporter: MEDICS RUSHED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE UNDERWENT SURGERY. GRAHAM KNOWS HE IS A LUCKY MAN. >> I COULD HAVE DIED. I COULD HAVE DIED. IT COULD HAVE BEEN TEN TIMES WORSE. >> NOW, FAYETTEVILLE POLICE CAME TO THIS LOCATION AND ARRESTED PIGFORD. HE IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON AND INTENT TO KILL, INFLICTING SERIOUS INJURY. WE REACHED OUT TO CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS AND HAVE YET TO