3 American tourists attacked, stabbed after dispute over filming in popular Puerto Rico neighborhood
3 Americans were visiting an area of San Juan, Puerto Rico, made popular by 'Despacito' music video
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Three Americans stabbed in Puerto Rico earlier this week while visiting a popular tourist area have been identified as tourists from South Carolina and Georgia.
Authorities in San Juan, Puerto Rico, say 37-year-old Wallace Alonso Florence and 39-year-old Carlos Sanchez Brown from South Carolina and 38-year-old Jackson Bradom Tremayne from Georgia were stabbed around 4 a.m. Monday, the New York Post reported.
The incident began when Brown started filming a hamburger cart in the La Perla neighborhood of San Juan made famous by the music video for Luis Fonsi’s hit song "Despacito."
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Some locals reportedly told the group to stop filming and one suspect, described as having fair skin and long white hair, allegedly assaulted Florence after the group continued filming.
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The group tried to flee the scene and head to the neighborhood of Old San Juan but soon realized they were being followed.
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At that point, an unknown individual with a knife attacked and stabbed the trio, slicing Brown once in the left forearm and stabbing Tremayne six times across his chest, arm and back.
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Tremayne and Brown were transported to nearby hospitals but Flores is said to have refused medical attention.
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The current medical condition of the victims is unclear and no arrests are believed to have been made.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Puerto Rico police and the U.S. Department of Justice but did not immediately receive a response.