An Islamorada man is in jail, charged with
attempting to murder his neighbor shortly after midnight on Christmas Eve.
Deputies Michael Onsgard, Garrett Test and Titus
Hodges responded to 82207 Overseas Highway in Islamorada just before 1 a.m.
after the victim called to report being stabbed with a knife. When the deputies
arrived, they initially located the victim, 36 year old Hector Vasquez, and two
witnesses. The suspect, 38 year old Juan Ocampo Medina was found nearby.
The victim and two witnesses all said Medina
came to their house and asked them to come across the street to his residence
to drink with him. They said when they walked into his back yard, Medina
attacked Vasquez with a knife.
During the attack, Vasquez sustained a cut from
the knife from his neck to his abdomen, about a quarter inch deep. One of the
witnesses took the knife away from Medina, who then grabbed a shovel and hit
Vasquez in the back of the head. Vasquez had a large cut on his head which
required staples to close.
Both the knife and the shovel were recovered at
the scene. None of the men gave a reason for the attack.
Vasquez was treated by Paramedics and then at
Mariner’s Hospital. Medina was arrested and charged with attempted murder and
he was booked into jail.
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