Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\nPolice said it happened at around 9:30 a.m. while the bus was in the area of Abbott Avenue and Indian Creek Drive on North Beach.<\/p>\n
According to an arrest report, the victim told officers that after he got on the bus, he saw a man, later identified as Demetrius Byrd, \u201cscreaming and yelling at other passengers on the bus.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police said the man tried to have a \u201cconversation\u201d with Byrd, 40, in an attempt \u201cto possibly calm him down,\u201d but at one point told Byrd to \u201cshut up.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis led Mr. Byrd to take out a silver multi-tool from his pocket and open it to one of the tools that appeared to be a blade,\u201d a Miami Beach police officer wrote in the arrest report.<\/p>\n
According to the report, he then walked toward the man with the blade and asked, \u201cWho wants to die today?\u201d<\/p>\n
Police said they found the blade in Byrd\u2019s pocket after patting him down and arrested him on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n
Byrd played football at Miami Central High School before joining the LSU Tigers, playing at wide receive for the program in 2007 and 2008. He was drafted by the then-San Diego Chargers in 2009, but did not play for the team.<\/p>\n
He was listed in the arrest report as homeless.<\/p>\n
He was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where records show he was being held on a $5,000 bond and a domestic violence warrant as of late Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
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