Police: Man charged with attempted murder in North Carolina machete attack
Published 3:25 pm Sunday, November 29, 2020
Police in North Carolina say they’ve charged a man with attempted first degree murder after he attacked a person with a machete.
The Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office said the attacked occurred Friday morning in Macclesfield in the area of Carr Farm Road.
Police said Carlos Antonio Washington, of Tarboro, attacked a person with a machete outside the victim’s home. Police said Washington fled after being shot at by members of the victim’s family.
Carlos Antonio Washington. Courtesy Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office
Washington was apprehended later by police and is being held at a local detention center under a $2 million bond.
Police said the victim suffered minor injuries and was checked out by Edgecombe County EMS.
Courtesy Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office
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