A 74-year-old Miami-Dade man is facing an attempted murder charge after police said he attacked a tire shop employee with a machete.
Ezquequel Ladronde-Guevara was arrested Thursday on an attempted first-degree murder with a deadly weapon charge, Miami-Dade jail records showed.
According to an arrest report, Ladronde-Guevara went to the Goodyear Tire Center at 8761 Southwest 40th Street armed with the machete.
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Ladronde-Guevara, who has been a customer there for about 10 years and knew the victim, walked inside and said in Spanish "I'm going to kill you, you son of a b----," the report said.
Moments later, Ladronde-Guevara started swinging the machete at the victim, hitting him in the lower back causing a nine-inch cut, the report said.
The partially redacted report didn't give a possible motive behind the attack.
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Miami-Dade Police responded and Ladronde-Guevara was still in the business. He was taken into custody and booked into jail.
Ladronde-Guevara was being held without bond Friday, jail records showed. Attorney information wasn't available.
