{"id":327551,"date":"2026-07-02T18:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327551\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T18:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:33:09","slug":"victims-identified-following-fatal-double-stabbing-in-lauderhill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327551\/","title":{"rendered":"Victims identified following fatal double stabbing in Lauderhill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">LAUDERHILL, Fla.  \u2014 Lauderhill police on Thursday released the identities of two men who were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/07\/01\/no-bond-for-suspect-accused-of-fatally-stabbing-2-men-in-lauderhill\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/07\/01\/no-bond-for-suspect-accused-of-fatally-stabbing-2-men-in-lauderhill\/\">fatally stabbed earlier this week <\/a>at an apartment complex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The victims were identified as Mesilien Pierre, 36; and Wilford White, 68.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The suspect, Gregory DaSilva, 26, was arrested Tuesday on two counts of premeditated murder and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/W6ULMZFXN5ETDFHC6SL5ISOQYQ.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>Gregory DaSilva appears in Broward County bond court (WPLG) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Lauderhill police said the stabbings happened around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday in the 5300 block of Northwest 19th Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators said an officer was initially flagged down by a man who reported that someone armed with a knife had tried to attack him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officers then located a suspect matching the description, but police said he ran into a nearby residential neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As officers searched the area, investigators said they received a 911 call about a man suffering from apparent stab wounds. While canvassing the neighborhood, officers confirmed that they found a second stabbing victim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police said one victim was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other died after being taken to a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Neighbors told Local 10 that one of the victims had been reading a Bible moments before he was attacked. Neighbors also said White used a wheelchair and was unable to escape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As of Thursday afternoon, DaSilva remailed jailed without bond.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAUDERHILL, Fla. \u2014 Lauderhill police on Thursday released the identities of two men who were fatally stabbed earlier&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-327551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}