MIAMI (WSVN) - A Little Haiti business owner is recovering after being sucker punched outside his own store while his sons stood nearby.
Sixty-six-year-old Christophe Guillaume said he was attacked for no apparent reason outside of the business near Northeast 54th Street and First Court on Tuesday.
Guillaume has been running the family-owned wireless business in Little Haiti for 40 years. He did not foresee being knocked unconscious in the parking lot outside.
Surveillance video captured the attack that left him with a busted, stitched-up lip and other injuries.
He left the North Shore Hospital and spoke with 7News about what exactly happened.
“He punched me! Right in my face,” he said.
Guillaume said there’s also a taxi company they own in the area, so when the cabs were being cleaned, the attacker walked right up to him, exchanged words and then took a swing.
His sons sprang into action to see if he was OK and then went after the attacker.
“That’s me running out to check my father laying on the floor,” said Rony Guillaume, one of his sons.
He caught up with the subject who tried to fight Rony. “He threw a blow at me. I started backing up, and we started tussling and fighting,” Rony said.
According to Rony, that’s when the attacker brandished a knife, causing him to back up.
Kinson Guillaume, Christophe’s other son, responded by taking out his concealed weapon before thinking twice about how it might escalate the situation.
The attacker then ran to a nearby apartment after Kinson put the firearm back into his holster.
The family said police showed up to the man’s door and knocked but received no response.
“I need the police to help me catch them. I need justice,” said Christophe.
No arrests have been made yet.
If you have any information on this attack, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a $1,000 reward.
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