Man stabbed twice after giving stranger ride in act of kindness
Crime
A Missouri man is recovering after he was stabbed
(Web Desk) - A Missouri man is recovering after he was stabbed while trying to do a good deed.
Doctore Paton told Fox 4 News that he had been working on his truck at his Independence home when a man — later identified by police as 28-year-old Tyler Rizer — approached him asking for a ride.
“He said his car broke down there and he needed a ride back to Target, and me being a nice guy, I agreed to give him a ride,” Paton told the outlet.
However, he said once the pair got in his car, Rizer started acting weird. He tried to change the destination of where they were going. Paton said that when he tried to pull over, things turned dangerous.
According to a police affidavit obtained by KMBC-TV, Rizer allegedly took control of the car and began to threaten Paton.
He had also allegedly removed a knife from the center console while doing so, according to the Kansas City Star.
Paton’s wife, Heather, stated to KMBC-TV that Rizer told her husband, “You're going to keep driving or I'm going to stab you." Paton told Fox 4 News that he did the opposite of what Rizer wanted.
“I went to the shoulder, and I got the car slow enough to where I could throw the car in park, and took the key out of the ignition,” he explained.
Paton said that when he tried to get out of the car, Rizer stabbed him in the chest with the knife twice. “I thought my life was in danger,” Paton told Fox 4 News. “I thought he was going to kill me.”
