LAUDERHILL, FLA. (WSVN) - A domestic dispute in front of a Babies R Us in Lauderhill quickly escalated and left one victim hospitalized, Tuesday.
According to police, a newlywed couple was arguing in their red Nissan Rogue around 3 p.m. at the shopping center on 7350 W. Commercial Blvd. Police said the man began to attack the female victim with a box cutter. The victim then reportedly got out of the car and the man chased behind her.
“The investigation revealed that they were both married. They were in the vehicle right behind us, I believe, in this maroon Nissan vehicle,” said Lauderhill Police Lt. Mike Santiago. “Somehow, witnesses are stating that the male mentioned something about voodoo. At that time, he began cutting his wife, who was in the passenger seat, with what appears to be a box cutter. She tried to flee the vehicle. When she fled the vehicle, he chased her and continued the attack.”
Police said there was another quick-thinking couple who saw the assault. One of the witnesses jumped in and was able to use a shopping cart to stop 53-year-old George Hernandez from further attacking the victim.
“We were about to put the shopping in the trunk but we heard this screaming of that lady. I said to my wife, ‘Something is going on there,’ so my wife went to look,” said witness Hector Garcia. “She saw the guy stabbing the lady. With what? I don’t know. She said he had something not too big and pointy. He was hitting her on the head.”
Police arrived shortly after the attack, and the suspect was taken into custody without further incident. The couple’s vehicle was towed away not long after.
The victim was rushed to Broward Health North with multiple stab wounds. She is expected to survive but her injuries are serious.
While the investigation continues, police said if it weren’t for that good Samaritan, this could have been much worse.
“She ran over there. That lady is lucky. In a way, my wife helped her, saved her,” said Garcia.
Hernandez has been charged with attempted pre-meditated murder.
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