MIAMI — One person was arrested over the weekend following a double stabbing at an apartment building in Miami, police confirmed.
According to Miami police, officers first responded to the building at 187 NW 57th Ave. at about 4:20 a.m. Sunday after receiving a report about a suspicious person who looked like he was sharpening a knife before entering an apartment where people were arguing and naked.
Police said an officer made contact with both people inside the apartment, who claimed everything was fine.
But police say the same person who reported the first incident called 911 about an hour later, claiming two people were fighting and a person had been cut.
A nearby gas station employee then called 911, stating that a naked man covered in blood was at the GX gas station and was holding a knife.
According to an arrest report, officers responded to the gas station at 5688 W. Flagler St. and found the victim who had stab wounds to the chest.
Miami Fire Rescue transported him to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center.
According to the report, the victim told police that he had met the suspect, Frank Zaldivar-Santiesteba, 29, of Miami, a few days ago, and that he came to his apartment with a knife Sunday and told him, “God told me to come here and stab you.”
The victim said Zaldivar-Santiesteba then stabbed him and the two got into a tussle, at which time the victim was able to disarm the suspect and stab him back multiple times, authorities said.
According to the report, at about 9:15 a.m., officers were called to the area of Northwest 42nd Avenue and Seventh Street about the suspect, who was bleeding “all over his body” and had a white blanket on his waist.
Police said Zaldivar-Santiesteba refused to identify himself.
He was also transported to JMH to be treated for his injuries.
Police said the victim sustained a laceration to the chest and a punctured lung.
According to the report, Zaldivar-Santiesteba later spoke with a detective at the hospital and said he did not want to provide details about the incident, other than that it was argument between him and his brother who he loves and “does not care what happens to him; only God can judge him.”
Police said they were able to identify Zaldivar-Santiesteba by his fingerprints.
He was arrested on an attempted murder charge.
As of Wednesday morning, Zaldivar-Santiesteba was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center without bond.
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