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An officer with the West Palm Beach Police Department was stabbed by a female suspect at a domestic disturbance call on Monday afternoon.
The officer was transported to a hospital nearly 45 miles from where the attack took place. There, he was treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The 39-year-old public safety employee—who has not yet been identified—was found by another campus employee and police were called.
Kidik was released from the hospital last week after several rounds of surgery and is expected to make a full recovery. But “without a shadow of a doubt,” Deputy Chief Joseph Buyak said, “had Ms. Marciano, Mr. Dixon and Mr. Casanova not taken the action they did, Officer Kidik would have died.”
Benjamin Herman, the Belgian national named as the "Liege killer," was a convert to Islam. He had been imprisoned since 2003 and was on a 48-hour leave when the two female police officers were attacked. Police shot him dead not long after.
Officer Edgardo Cruz deployed his taser and at the end of the cycle, Mejia reportedly picked the knife back up and threw it directly at Officer Cruz causing a laceration on his hand as he deflected the weapon.
“Unfortunately, a struggle ensued,” Foley said. “At this point, we believe the suspect produced a knife, grabbed the officer in a headlock, and stabbed her in the throat, likely multiple times.”
Deputies deployed a Taser, but Oakes continued moving in their direction with the knife, according to the GBI.
When Colorado State Patrol found her, Maestas was reportedly still sitting in the driver's seat. One of the officer's firearms, an AR-15, was still in the vehicle, but a second gun has not been recovered. More Here.
When Colorado State Patrol found her, Maestas was reportedly still sitting in the driver's seat. One of the officer's firearms, an AR-15, was still in the vehicle, but a second gun has not been recovered.