Police have arrested a suspect who they say stabbed a man outside a North Miami Beach convenience store Sunday.
The stabbing happened outside the Jiffy Food in the 16400 block of Northeast 15th Avenue. The victim, whose name hasn't been released, was rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center as a trauma alert, officials said.
Police said they made the arrest within nine hours of being dispatched. The suspect, 44-year-old Donald Jerome Brown Jr., is charged with attempted first-degree murder.
According to police, Brown and the victim got into a verbal altercation outside the store.
Brown said the other man threw a glass of water on his face and disrespected him, then went into the store, police said.
Brown waited for the victim to leave the store then stabbed him multiple times in the side of his neck with a folding pocket knife, police said.
Kiera Pierre Louis was opening up the wireless store next door when the stabbing happened around 10:30 a.m.
"Everybody was just screaming that somebody got stabbed so I just grabbed a blanket and ran with my husband to the store to put pressure on his neck until the paramedics came," Louis said.
Some are calling Louis a lifesaver, but she said she's not really interested in the attention.
"I don’t really like the attention," Louis said. "I’m a quiet person and I like to stay quiet but I mean I just think it’s crazy."
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Police haven't said what led to the stabbing.
