Possible Car Burglar Slashes Vehicle Owner With Machete In San Diego

San Diego CA

25 May, 2022

9:23 AM

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SAN DIEGO, CA — A man possibly trying to break into a car in an Otay Mesa-area neighborhood early Monday attacked the owner of the vehicle with a machete after the victim confronted him, authorities said. The 20-year-old victim was at a social gathering in the 3000 block of Magellan Street when someone told him a person was outside "messing with his car" about 3:30 a.m., San Diego police Officer Sarah Foster said. The vehicle owner went outside and confronted the unidentified suspect, who responded by pulling a machete and slashing him repeatedly before running off, according to Foster. Paramedics took the victim to a hospital for treatment of injuries of undisclosed severity. — City News Service