LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Authorities say a homeless man accused of using a machete to attack two people in New Mexico is in custody.
Las Cruces police say 39-year-old Carlos J. Fisher is being held on suspicion of two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Officers were called to a makeshift campsite last Friday night.
Police say a 45-year-old man and 35-year-old woman were looking for a friend when they came across Fisher.
The couple asked Fisher if he had seen their acquaintance, but their questioning apparently angered Fisher.
As the woman was walking away, Fisher allegedly struck her with the machete on the back of her neck and cut the man on one of his hands.
The victims weren’t seriously injured and police found Fisher and the machete at the campsite.
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