A Dallas, Texas man has been taken into custody after assaulting his roommate for a bizarre reason.
Victor Symone Shavers, 43, was arrested after beating his roommate with a stick.
Dallas police were called to the 1500 block of Cape Cod Drive at 2:45am on Sunday morning to find the roommate standing on the street, face covered in blood after an altercation with Shavers.
The altercation occurred earlier that Sunday morning after Shavers and his roommate became engaged in an argument over "what a mosquito looks like."
Yes, you read that right.
According to the affidavit, Shavers alleged his roommate did, in fact, know what a mosquito looked like. The roommate, whose identity has not been released, argued back he did not, in fact, know what a mosquito looked like.
Shavers then allegedly retreated to his room where he retrieved a wooden stick he had been keeping behind his bed and proceeded to beat his roommate “in the head with the stick at least 6 times," according to the police affidavit.
The roommate then managed to grab a metal bat from his closet to defend himself, according to police documents.
The roommate suffered multiple injuries, including deep cuts on his left cheek, and the left side and back of his head—one of which required stitches—as well as a swollen and potentially broken hand.
Shavers admitted to police he struck first during the altercation and was subsequently taken into custody.
Twitter users are taken aback over the bizarre argument that led to the assault.
That was a roller coaster of a headline— WellPickledPickleson (@WellPickledPickleson) 1649374980
Texas trying to be Florida so badly https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-man-beats-roommate-with-stick-during-argument-over-what-a-mosquito-looks-like-police/2934590/\u00a0\u2026— Blocked by Big Ed The Mucinex Snot\ud83e\udda0 (@Blocked by Big Ed The Mucinex Snot\ud83e\udda0) 1649364067
Imagine what he\u2019d do if the roommate drank the last of the milk— Blocked by Big Ed The Mucinex Snot\ud83e\udda0 (@Blocked by Big Ed The Mucinex Snot\ud83e\udda0) 1649378031
More proof that mosquitoes are the deadliest animal on the planet (fact check me)\u2026https://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/1512213920089620485\u00a0\u2026— GStringsPouch (@GStringsPouch) 1649375375
Goddamn ppl calm downhttps://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/1512213920089620485\u00a0\u2026— audrey (@audrey) 1649375285
Talk about a dumb, terrible roommate https://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/1512213920089620485\u00a0\u2026— Kylee Congrave (@Kylee Congrave) 1649375142
Sooooooo\u2026.who was right?— Nothing to \ud83d\udc40 (@Nothing to \ud83d\udc40) 1649375086
"Texas man" Florida man v2.https://kegl.iheart.com/content/2022-04-07-texas-man-beats-roommate-with-a-stick-over-what-mosquito-looks-like-police/?pname=www.z100.com&sc=dnsredirect&Pname=local_social&Sc=editorial&Keyid=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR1F1428GIqxfQmDRijR08Roub4mlcbJVC9jf8Par2jVc9wk-9OBkn1bwlg\u00a0\u2026— Radi_WX \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Radi_WX \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1649454458
you: god, me and my friends can just talk about nothing for hours \n\nme:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-man-beat-roommate-stick-argument-mosquitoes-look-rcna23484?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab\u00a0\u2026— Jeremy Frank (@Jeremy Frank) 1649510081
I think they meant Florida man who recently moved to Texas— InterMilan Banton (@InterMilan Banton) 1649563346
Shavers is currently being held as an inmate at Dallas County Jail, where he was previously being held on a misdemeanor charge for family violence.
He is being charged with both assault and aggravated assault "causing serious bodily injury" according to jail records.
Shavers is being held on a $28,000 bond.
