Harrowing video shows Florida woman fighting off attacker in gym

A woman in Florida bravely defended herself against an attacker in an apartment gym last month — leading to a suspect’s arrest after he tried to victimize another woman.

Nashali Alma, 24, was exercising in the gym at the Inwood Park Apartment Complex in Tampa when Xavier Thomas-Jones attacked her Jan. 22, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office charged.

Security footage posted on social media by the sheriff’s office shows Alma letting Thomas-Jones into the facility before continuing her workout. Thomas-Jones, 25, is then seen trying to grab Alma’s waist — but she leaps away.

Once in custody, Thomas-Jones allegedly admitted restraining and battering Alma because he wanted to have sex with her, the outlet reported. He allegedly targeted the second woman, whose name hasn’t been released, because he thought she was “pretty.”