MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A 18-year-old man from Miami-Dade County is facing charges after police said he chased a woman around with a knife.

The incident happened Sunday on the sand in Miami Beach as many were enjoying the Memorial Day holiday.

According to police, a group of friends was hanging out on the beach when one of them, identified as Misael Algel Aguilar Santurio, began throwing sand at the others.

After the victim threw sand back at him, she told police Aguilar Santurio got upset and told her “that he was going to gut her” before retrieving a pocket knife from his backpack and chasing her around the beach, according to an arrest form.

“I was scared,” the victim, Yarielys Riobo, told Local 10 News. “All I was doing was backing up, all I was doing was watching him, because if I turned my back he would have launched at me.”

Two men from the group tackled Aguilar Santurio and a third person took his knife away until officers arrived, police said.

“I don’t understand, I knew he had anger issues from the beginning,” said Riobo.

Aguilar Santurio is facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and resisting an officer without violence.

‘I was scared’: Victim of Miami Beach knife attack recalls Memorial Day incident

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