FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Police said they have arrested a man in connection to last week’s stabbing of an Amazon delivery driver in Fort Lauderdale.
Curtis Gardner was taken into custody by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department’s Fugitive Unit on Monday morning after detectives obtained an arrest warrant.
The 33-year-old Fort Lauderdale resident appeared before a Broward County Circuit judge on Tuesday. He faces charges of felony attempted murder, armed carjacking and burglary with battery, according to police.
“I do find probable cause on all counts,” said the judge. “I am going to ask that Mr. Gardner be held on no bond on all counts.”
Detectives said the incident occurred on the night of Dec. 7 along the 1100 block of Northwest 10th Terrace.
Investigators said the Amazon driver’s vehicle had been disabled due to a flat tire when Gardner allegedly approached, brandished a knife and stabbed the driver in the abdomen.
The suspect also committed a robbery during the attack, taking off with the driver’s Amazon deliveries, police said.
Surveillance video from nearby resident Katoria Brickley’s home captured the victim holding onto his stomach as he knokced on the door, then walked away.
“He came to the porch and everything. He was bleeding; he knocked on the door, and he ran off,” said Brickley.
He was later seen entering the Fiesta Food Market, about two minutes away from where the stabbing took place, still holding onto his stomach.
Store employee Mohammed Ullah said he was working at the time when the victim came in looking for help.
“I just said, ‘Take off your hand, and blood comes like this,” said Ullah. He [had his] hand here, and bleeding all over the body. It’s in front of my eyes.”
Pictures show blood on the floor of the food market.
Surveillance video from inside the store later showed Fort Lauderdale Police officers and medical personnel inside the store, appearing to tend to the victim’s gas and offering him water before they wheeled him out on a stretcher.
“[First responders told the victim], “Just take off your hand, and blocked arm like this, water comes from bottled water, you know?” said Ullah. “I’m so shocked, and I couldn’t see anything.”
The driver suffered serious injuries but is expected to recover, officials said.
An Amazon spokesperson said they are grateful for the driver’s recovery.
Police described the incident as random, with no evidence that the flat tire was intentional.
The investigation remains ongoing, and police urge anyone with additional information to come forward.
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