HOLLYWOOD, FLA. (WSVN) - Police are searching for the person responsible for the reported stabbing of a woman near a gas station in Hollywood.
According to Hollywood Police, the incident happened in the area of South Federal Highway and Moffett Street, at around 3:40 a.m. on Thursday.
7News cameras captured police officers aiding the victim. They were seen putting pressure on her wound and assessing her until Hollywood Fire Rescue units arrived. The victim was later seen with a bandage around her neck.
During the assessment the woman was alert and talking, investigators said.
Bryan Adams, who works at a nearby motel, told 7News that police spoke to him and told him that the woman was stabbed.
The man also said he encountered the subject earlier that morning, However, he believes the assailant was trying to rob a different woman at first, but when that attempt was unsuccessful, he set his sights on the stabbing victim.
“It was about 3:30 to 3:45 [a.m.], I had a gentleman come to the window with a lady behind him, young Spanish girl, and she didn’t speak English, so what he was doing, he was just acting really suspicious. Looking around, wouldn’t make eye contact, but trying to act as a translator for her,” said Adams. “What we figured out later was this girl wouldn’t pull out cash in front of him. He found someone that would and ended up stabbing her.”
The man was so suspicious to Adams, that he turned him away when he tried to get a room at the motel.
“You get the gut feeling with people; you could tell he was up to no good, and I gave him a price that was so high that they walked away,” Adams said.
Adams said he then saw the victim.
“The only time I saw her, she was across the street in front of the market there, and she was was kinda walking, staggering a little bit. You could tell something was not right with her,” Adams said.
It would turn out that the man that approached Adams would be the subject police were looking for.
“As soon as they told me the clothes that he was wearing, the lightbulb popped: black shirt, blue pants,” he said. “We have cameras that see over there. We also have a perfect shot of the gentleman at the window. So, I imagine he doesn’t have many hours left behind him.”
While details about what led up to stabbing remain limited, a car with evidence markers around it was towed away from across the street, in the parking lot of a Walgreens. The car also had a Uber sign on the dash.
The car likely belonged to the victim, but it remains unclear whether she was working at the time of the incident.
Hollywood Police said the victim was transported to the hospital, where she is listed in stable condition and is expected to recover.
As of late Thursday afternoon, the subject remains on the loose.
If you have any information on this incident or the subject’s whereabouts, call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward of up to $5,000.
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