Police responded to reports of a woman being stabbed near a gas station in Hollywood.
The incident happened in the area of South Federal Highway and Moffett Street, around 3:40 a.m., Thursday.
7News crews apparently saw a woman sitting on a curb covered in blood.
When police arrived on the scene, they were seen putting pressure on the wound and assessing the victim until Hollywood Fire Rescue arrived. The victim was seen with a bandage around her neck.
During the assessment the woman was alert and talking.
Bryan Adams, who works at a nearby motel, told 7News that police spoke to him and told him that the woman was stabbed.
The man also said he encountered the suspect of the stabbing earlier that morning, but believes the suspect was trying to rob a different woman at first, but when that attempt was unsuccessful, he set his sights on the stabbing victim.
“I had a gentleman come to the window with a lady behind him, young Spanish girl, and she didn’t speak English, so what he was doing, he was just acting really suspicious. Looking around, wouldn’t make eye contact, but trying to act as a translator for her,” said Adams. “What we figured out later was this girl wouldn’t pull out cash in front of him. He found someone that would and ended up stabbing her.”
The man was so suspicious to Adams, that he turned him away when he tried to get a room at the motel.
“You get the gut feeling with people and I gave him a price so high that they walked away,” Adams said.
Adams then saw victim.
“The only time I saw her, she was across the street in front of the market there and she was was kinda walking staggering a little bit,” Adams said.
It would turn out that the man that approached Adams would be the suspect police were looking for.
“As soon as they told me the clothes that he was wearing, the light-bulb popped, black shirt, blue pants,” he said.
While details about what led up to stabbing remains limited, a car with evidence markers around it was towed away from across the street in the parking lot of a Walgreens. The car also had a ‘Uber’ sign on the dash.
The car likely belonged to the victim, but it’s unclear if she was working at the time of the incident.
Hollywood Police said the victim was transported to the hospital where she’s recovering from her injuries.
The woman’s exact condition is unknown at this time.
The suspect remains on the loose.
If you have any information on this crime, call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward of up to $5,000.
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Source: wsvn
