MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A driver for a private medical transportation company in northwest Miami-Dade County stabbed one of his co-workers during a fight early Wednesday, authorities said.
Redys Padron, 49, of Miami, faces a charge of attempted second-degree murder.
According to the arrest report, Padron and his colleague, Israel Pena, 49, had gotten in a fight the day before and continued fighting when they clocked in for work at AMC Medical Transportation near Northwest 74th Avenue near Northwest 66th Street around 2:30 a.m.
Police the said the men have known each other for nine years. The company said men drove vans and assisted people with mobility problems.
When Pena tried to walk away from the fight, Padron pulled out knife and slashed across his back and then stabbed in the stomach, the report said. Pena then collapsed on the floor.
"Forgive me, I'm going to cut you," Padron said in Spanish as he pushed himself on top of Pena, the report said. But Padron fled as Pena screamed out in Spanish, "What are you doing?" the report said.
Paramedics took Pena to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center. A spokesman for AMC Medical Transportation said Pena was recovering and is expected be released from the hospital late Wednesday or early Thursday.
Police arrested Padron without incident a few minutes later during a traffic stop on Northwest 72nd Avenue near Northwest 41st Street.
Pardon is currently being held on $25,000 bond in Miami-Dade County's Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.