A man was hospitaled after police say he was stabbed by someone he was giving a ride to who then stole his car in southwwest Miami-Dade Saturday night.
Miami-Dade Police said the suspect walked up to a man at a retail establishment parking lot and asked him for a ride. Detectives say the victim is not a ride share driver but offered to give the person a ride.
Police say when they got close to the drop off area just before 6:00 p.m. the suspect stabbed the man and stole his car on Southwest 83rd Avenue near 4th Street.
One woman who lives in the neighborhood says she heard loud screams from inside her home. In Spanish, she says she and her son went outside to see what it was.
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“Someone was stabbing another person,” she said.
She said others in the neighborhood jumped the fence to help, but the suspect got away before police showed up. The woman says the victim collapsed.
"I'm shocked,” she said. “I never thought I would see something like this in my life.”
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She says she was shocked, but like many of her neighbors, thankful they were home and able to help before police arrived.
“If they weren't we would've probably found a body on the street,” she said.
Police don't have any information on the suspect. The victim was in stable condition.
The MDPD Robbery Bureau has assumed the investigation.
