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Man uses machete to ward off would-be robbers

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LYNNWOOD, Wash. -- A Snohomish County man used a machete to defend himself Sunday against three men with guns who tried to rob him at his trailer north of here, the sheriff's office said.

Neighbors armed with a baseball bat and a gun helped fight off the intruders around 7 a.m., sheriff's spokeswoman Jan Jorgensen said.

Shots were fired at one point, but no one was hit.

Sheriff's deputies nabbed two of the suspects who left the scene in a car. They had to be treated for wounds from the machete and the baseball bat, Jorgensen said.

One gunman was booked into Snohomish County Jail for investigation of attempted robbery and first-degree assault. Authorities planned to book the other man once he was released from the hospital, Jorgensen said.



Officers were still looking for the third man.

A neighbor was injured in the scuffle, but not seriously, and the man with the machete suffered minor cuts, Jorgensen said

Authorities believe drugs were involved.

 

[Standing Wolf]

In skilled hands, a machete is serious business.

 

[Pylon]

Ouch, getting sliced by that machette had to tingle a little.

 

[Black Majik]

Hmm.... shots were fired and the only injuries were wounds from a machete and baseball bat.


....what a horrible shot!.....

 

[45 Carry]

Cut by a machete - that's going to leave a mark.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

A buddy told me one of those "old sayings" once.
"You can charge a man with a gun but you should run from a man with a knife."

 

[Otherguy Overby]

Machete is scary

However, I'd consider a Samurai sword as about the deadliest close quarters weapon ever invented.