Homeless man attacks couple in Nashville with machete, police say
05/18/2020 11:40 am PDT
via WMC:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WMC/AP) -- Metro Nashville Police say Kelvin Edwards attacked 55-year-old Kevin Craft and 50-year-old Leanne Craft with a machete on Sunday afternoon in a Public Storage facility in the city.
Police say 35-year-old Edwards is homeless and attacked the couple in anger over his inability during the coronavirus pandemic to get into an organization that serves homeless people.
He has been arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder.
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In a Twitter post, Metro Nashville Police Department said six officers applied multiple tourniquets to the couple's wounds in an effort to save their lives. The couple was in critical condition Sunday.
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