Overview
- The Marion County deputy, who responded Wednesday to a suspicious-person call in Dunnellon, was ambushed and stabbed in the chest.
- Officials said the deputy suffered minor injuries and credited his bulletproof vest with saving his life.
- Deputies arrested 38-year-old Heriberto Medina Marquez, who is jailed without bond on attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, giving a false name, and resisting without violence.
- An arrest affidavit says bodycam video shows the suspect confronting the deputy with a knife, and detectives documented punctures in the uniform and seized two folding knives with suspected fresh blood.
- While seated in a patrol vehicle after the arrest, the suspect said, “I should have killed you,” a statement investigators cite as evidence of intent.