Bodycam video caught the moment when a 38-year-old male ambushed and repeatedly stabbed a Florida deputy Wednesday.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said Deputy Robert Fitch responded around 5 p.m. to the area of 11775 NW 10th Place in Dunnellon in reference to a suspicious person.

‘I should have killed you. You’re lucky I didn’t.’

Dunnellon is located on the west coast of Florida; it’s about an hour south of Gainesville and about an hour and a half north of Tampa.

As the deputy exited his vehicle, Heriberto Medina Marquez immediately ambushed him, causing the deputy to fall to the ground, officials said.

Marquez then climbed atop the deputy and repeatedly stabbed him in the chest before fleeing into a nearby wooded area, officials said.

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Image source: Marion County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office bodycam video screenshot

But after another deputy arrived on the scene, Marquez emerged from the woods, and the deputies were able to take him into custody without further incident, officials said.

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Image source: Marion County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office bodycam video screenshot

Detectives arrested Marquez for attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, the sheriff’s office said.

After being placed in a patrol vehicle, Marquez was heard saying, “I should have killed you, bitch. You know that, right?”

He added, “I should have killed you. You’re lucky I didn’t.”

The following is bodycam video of the attack and arrest. Content warning: Language.

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Officials said the deputy suffered minor injuries during the attack — and that his bulletproof vest “saved his life.”

Following interviews and evidence gathering, major crimes detectives from the sheriff’s office determined Marquez intentionally attempted to take the life of Deputy Fitch.

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Medina Marquez. Image source: Marion County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office

Investigators recovered two folding knives at the scene, both with suspected fresh blood on them, the sheriff’s office told WKMG-TV.

Marquez was taken to the Marion County Jail, where he was being held without bond, officials said. WKMG said he also was charged with providing a false name to law enforcement and resisting without violence.

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The murder of a transgender student led to death threats against the scheduled speaker at a Turning Point USA event before the suspect turned himself in to police.

A 19-year-old transgender-identifying male was found dead in the laundry room of an off-campus apartment building near the University of Washington. Police said he was found with stabbing wounds.

‘I received over 200 explicit calls for violence.’

Some on the left responded by issuing death threats against detransition activist and speaker Chloe Cole, who was scheduled to appear at UW on Sunday. Cole posted a video decrying the hundreds of hateful messages she received before the event was canceled.

“There were local Antifa groups that were actually scheduling these large-scale protests, and there were so many people who I saw online, just out in the open, who were saying things like, ‘I hope you get Kirked,'” Cole said to Fox News.

The threat appeared to refer to the shooting death of Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA.

“I received over 200 explicit calls for violence from various groups and some individuals against me and the UW chapter,” Cole said in an email to Newsweek.

She said she is working to reschedule her speaking engagement at UW.

“I am personally determined to speak on that campus,” she added.

While liberals blamed TPUSA for the death of the transgender-identifying student, the Seattle Police Department released photographs Wednesday from surveillance video of the suspect they were seeking to identify.

The next day, police said the 31-year-old man turned himself in to police and was booked for murder.

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Turning Point USA released a statement about the event cancellation.

“In light of this tragedy and by an overwhelming surge of violent threats directed at our chapter, threats that appear deliberately designed to falsely associate our peaceful event with the murder, we have made the difficult decision to postpone our upcoming event with Chloe Cole.”

They also condemned the “horrific act of violence” against the transgender-identifying student.

A spokesperson for the university told Newsweek they were unaware of any threats.

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Former bartender and current Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is proving that no matter where you come from — or what ridiculous ideas you have — you can still be taken seriously as a potential candidate for president of the United States.

And BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere tells co-host Dave Landau that AOC, who is one of “the most famous politicians in America” while also being “a dunce,” is “surging to a lead in the 2028 primary for the first time.”

“AOC?” Dave asks, shocked.

“Yes, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,” Stu replies.

“I just went blind in my right eye for a moment,” Dave jokes.

“It is legitimately possible that she could win,” Stu adds, before playing a clip of the congresswoman telling Ilana Glazer on the “It’s Open” podcast that billionaires “can’t earn” $1 billion.

“There’s a certain level of wealth and accumulation that is unearned. Right? You can’t earn $1 billion. You just can’t earn that. You can get market power. You can break rules. You can do all sorts of things. You can abuse labor laws. You can pay people less than what they’re worth. But you can’t earn that,” AOC explained.

“And so, you have to create a myth that since you didn’t earn that, you have to create a myth of earning it,” she added.

“I don’t have $1 billion,” Dave comments, “but I don’t trust anyone telling someone they didn’t earn the money they earned.”

“I don’t know when the country became this way,” Stu adds, “but they are this way now where you just get to, without accomplishing anything on your own, you get to just say that no one else deserves what they have achieved in their lives.”

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Among the more popular celebrities to come out as a Trump supporter is Nicki Minaj, who revealed that an interaction with Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed her into the arms of the Republican president.

The rap artist said in an interview with Time that Newsom “completely ignored” her when she requested help over swatting attempts that threatened her safety.

Minaj said Luna’s help made her want to be more public about her political support for President Donald Trump.

While Minaj previously flirted with the Republican Party, she said that swatting innocents at her mansion in Los Angeles in 2022 and 2023 led her to seek help from Newsom. She posted the request on social media but said he never replied.

“He just completely ignored me, with all the money I spent in taxes,” she told Time.

Then in 2025, Minaj said she was contacted by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) after another swatting attempt. Luna connected the rapper with federal law enforcement as well as a private security firm that guards the congresswoman.

“I was shocked,” Minaj said. “I’d never seen anyone in politics treat me that way.”

Minaj said Luna’s help made her want to be more public about her political support for President Donald Trump. She also said she was put off by former President Barack Obama’s friendship with Jay-Z, the rapper and producer.

“I think Jay-Z ended up costing Obama a lot, whether he knows it or not,” she told Time. “Lots of rappers don’t like Jay-Z and were afraid to say it.”

Jay-Z’s company did not respond to a request for comment from Time.

Minaj has since made numerous public statements supporting Trump and his polices. She even appeared with Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, at a Turning Point USA event in Dec. 2025.

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“Many celebrities feel the way I do,” Minaj continued, “but they don’t say it. Sometimes you just need one brave person to get the brunt of the impact. I think I am the catalyst for that change.”

She added that she wanted to encourage others to come out of the closet with their Trump support.

“Hopefully when they see me and hear me speak and feel my energy,” she concluded, “that will make them say, ‘You know what: Who am I afraid of? What am I afraid of?'”

Minaj is one of the top-selling female rap artists in history, bested only by Cardi B, with whom Minaj is in a public feud.

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