Fla. Trooper Stabbed Multiple Times by Wrong-Way Driver During Stop

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was stabbed in the head, neck and shoulder before shooting and wounding the knife-wielding suspect with an active warrant during a Miami traffic stop.

March 9, 2026

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A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was stabbed in the head, neck and shoulder after responding to a wrong‑way driver on the Dolphin Expressway early Saturday.
The trooper shot the woman after she attacked him with a knife, and both were hospitalized with injuries that weren't considered life‑threatening.
The woman had an active warrant for child abuse‑related charges, and the Florida Department of Children and Families took custody of the child found in the vehicle.

By Milena Malaver

Source Miami Herald

Calls about a car driving the wrong way on the Dolphin Expressway on Saturday morning ended with a Florida Highway Patrol trooper stabbed in the head and a woman shot, authorities say.

At around 5:30 a.m., troopers responded to a car driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of State Road 836, near Northwest 107th Avenue.

A trooper found the car in the grassy median and made contact with a woman who had a “young child” in the car, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

The woman pulled out a knife and stabbed the trooper in the head, neck and shoulder, FLHSMV said. The trooper then shot the woman.

They were both taken to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital for “non-life-threatening injuries,” Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Alex Camacho said in an email to the Miami Herald.

Authorities say the woman had an active warrant on charges of child neglect, child abuse and fleeing and eluding law enforcement.

The Department of Children and Families has taken the child into its care, said FLHSMV. The woman will be booked into a Miami-Dade County jail once released from the hospital.

The FDLE is the lead on the investigation as the agency is with all police shootings.

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