YPD: Elderly man fends off machete attack with his nunchucks

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YOUNGSTOWN , Ohio (WKBN) — A downtown Youngstown man who reports said used a machete to attack a man who knocked on his door by accident has been charged with felonious assault.

The charge, a second-degree felony, was filed Friday in municipal court against David Wright, 60, for the Aug. 31 attack where the victim, who is in his 80s, used a pair of nunchucks to fend off the attack.

Court records do not list an arraignment date for Wright.

The victim came to the police station on Sept. 3 and told police he knocked on the door Aug. 31 of a 110 E. Wood St. apartment and a man inside, later identified as Wright, yelled that the victim had the wrong apartment.

The victim moved on and was about to knock on another door when Wright came out of his apartment and swung a rusted machete at the victim, reports said.

Reports said the victim took a pair of nunchucks he had and used them to defend himself. Wright later went back inside his apartment.

Detectives viewed video surveillance of the incident before filing charges.

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