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Man Arrested After Stabbing Two Women in Coconut Creek: Police

Bruce Florence, 36, was charged with several counts including two counts of attempted murder.

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NBC 6’s Lorena Inclan has more on the incident that took place Monday outside an apartment complex leasing office.

Police have arrested a man who they said stabbed two women in a luxury apartment leasing office in Coconut Creek Monday.

Bruce Florence, 36, was charged with several counts including two counts of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated battery.

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Bruce Florence
Broward Sheriff's Office
Bruce Florence

According to police, officers responded to the Monarch Station Apartments in the 4900 block of Sample Road just before 5 p.m.

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Two adult women were found suffering from stab wounds and taken to Broward Health. Their conditions and identities were not released, but investigators said one victim was stabbed seven times and the other three times, with the lung of one victim collapsing.

Florence was later taken into custody. He appeared in a Broward bond court Tuesday.

“The allegation of Mr. Florence’s statement ‘what if I killed both of you’ before he allegedly stabbed one victim in the neck area with a pair of scissors," prosecutors said when asked about why they recommended more serious charges.

A judge said Florence would be held without bond, and ordered him to undergo a mental health evaluation.

Police haven't given a possible motive for the stabbing. According to Florence’s felony probation records, he lives at the Monarch Station Apartments where the incident happened.

Florence has a previous criminal record in Indian River County, where he was charged and convicted in 2021 with impersonating a law enforcement officer, abuse of 911 and corruption by threat, records showed.

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