Driver purposely hit Aldi shopper after he tried hitting Uber Eats driver at police station: Cops

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — A driver is facing two attempted murder charges after Miami Gardens police said he tried to hit a food delivery driver outside of the agency’s own headquarters, then hit a customer walking into a nearby Aldi on Friday.

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Investigators said Steve St. Felix, 44, of northwest Miami-Dade, called 911 about two hours later and admitted to the seemingly random crime.

According to an arrest report, an Uber Eats driver told investigators that he was “said he was standing by the main entrance stairs” at the Miami Gardens Police Department headquarters, located at 18611 NW 27th Ave., at around 8 p.m. trying to make a delivery when he saw a white Toyota Corolla speeding toward him.

The delivery driver said he managed to get out of the way as the driver, later identified as St. Felix, hit a metal handrail, the report states. St. Felix took off, police said.

A second arrest report states that Felix went to the Aldi at 19100 NW 27th Ave. about an hour later.

Police said a man initially noticed the sedan driving past him “normally” as if the driver were exiting, then heard an engine rev and saw the driver make a U-turn.

“Since it didn’t cause him to question it, he continued walking towards the entrance,” the report states.

According to the report, when the victim was almost at the entrance, St. Felix hit him.

Police said the victim “landed on the windshield” and then fell to the pavement as St. Felix continued driving, causing “significant abrasions to (his) right arm as well as his right side rib cage area.”

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Medics treated the victim at the scene, police said. Authorities said they later found the damaged vehicle parked on Northwest 30th Court, noting “what appeared to be a work identification card hanging from the rearview mirror” containing St. Felix’s name.

Authorities said St. Felix had walked more than a mile to the RaceWay gas station at 3695 NW 183rd St., where he called 911 at around 11 p.m. and admitted to the crime.

Police said they then responded and detained him. In the report, an officer described a statement to police:

The report goes on to state that St. Felix told the officer that “he suffers from mental health problems and he’s not currently on any medication.”

Police arrested St. Felix on the aforementioned attempted murder charges, as well as a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge.

As of Tuesday morning, St. Felix remained locked up in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center after a judge ordered that he be held without bond.

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