A 65-year-old Florida male who uses a wheelchair is accused of knifing a woman on a bus while she was holding a child, WPLG-TV reported , citing police. The Lauderhill Police Department arrested Willie Lester Benjamin shortly after the incident, which took place just before 7 a.m.
Monday in the 2900 block of 56th Avenue, the station said, citing an arrest report. The bus driver said Benjamin and the woman had previously argued aboard the bus over 'seating arrangements,' the station said, citing the arrest report. Police said Benjamin and the woman argued over the designated wheelchair seating area on the bus, WPLG reported.
Benjamin was trying to maneuver his wheelchair into the area the woman occupied, police told the station; the police report said that when she refused to move, Benjamin ran over the woman’s feet. The argument continued as the bus approached Benjamin’s intended stop, police told WPLG.
But as Benjamin moved toward the bus exit, he pulled out a black pocketknife with…