A 33-year-old DJ is recovering from life-threatening injuries after he was stabbed while defending two women being assaulted at Pepper Park boat dock earlier this month.
Police said the incident happened on Sept. 6 around 9:30 p.m. after a yacht birthday party. As he packed up his gear, Ricky Haynes heard screams and saw several men attacking two women, including pushing them into the water.
“I pushed two guys off the girls,” Haynes recalled. Moments later, he was shoved into the water and stabbed in the chest as he tried to climb back onto the dock. The wound punctured his lung and broke a rib, coming within inches of his heart…