Earlier this week, three Americans, identified as tourists from South Carolina and Georgia, were stabbed while visiting a popular tourist area in Puerto Rico.
Authorities in San Juan, Puerto Rico say Wallace Alonso Florence, 37, and Carlos Sanchez Brown, 39, of South Carolina, and Jackson Bredom Tremaine, 38, of Georgia, were stabbed around 4 a.m. Monday. The New York Post reported.
The incident began when Brown began filming a hamburger cart in San Juan’s La Perla neighborhood that was made famous by the music video. Luis Fonsi’s hit song “Despacito”.
Some locals reportedly asked the group to stop filming and a suspect, with fair skin and long white hair, allegedly attacked Florence after the group continued filming.
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La Perla Shanti City is visible in the old town of San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Christopher Gregory/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The group attempted to flee the scene and make their way to the Old San Juan neighborhood, but soon realized they were being followed.
At that point, an unknown man attacked and stabbed all three with a knife, cutting Brown once in the left arm and stabbing Tremaine six times in the chest, arm and back.
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Dianara Torres is seen at La Perla on July 20, 2022 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Jose DeVillegas/Getty Images)
Tremayne and Brown were transported to nearby hospitals, but Flores reportedly refused medical attention.
The current medical condition of the victims is unclear and no arrests are believed to have been made.
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A man takes a selfie with his friends in the La Perla neighborhood, where the video “Despacito” was recorded on July 22, 2017 in San Juan. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)
Puerto Rico police and the U.S. Department of Justice were contacted but did not immediately receive a response.
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