A Florida man stabbed his neighbor, who is on oxygen, in an unprovoked attack in the middle of the day, according to authorities.
Paul Anthony Vargas Arana stands accused of attempted murder in a stabbing that occurred on July 19 at an apartment complex on Newport Terrace in Deerfield Beach. Cops responded around 11:30 a.m. for a report of a stabbing. When they arrived, they found the victim suffering from a stab wound to the upper left chest, a probable cause arrest affidavit said. Vargas Arana was also at the scene and was observed with a bump on his head and a cut to his left wrist.
Paramedics rushed the victim, who was already on oxygen because of his COPD, to the hospital. Doctors discovered the knife had punctured his lung and caused internal bleeding. He was last listed in stable condition…