Two Injured In Placerville Halloween Hatchet, Knife Attack

PLACERVILLE (CBS13) — A Halloween onslaught successful Placerville near 2 radical injured connected Main Street. Placerville Police accidental the 2 suspects were equipped with a hatchet and knife.

“It’s disturbing, it’s honestly horrifying, it’s hard to deliberation that radical successful our hometown would bash that,” said Tyller Kern.

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“From what I heard determination were a mates girls that were creating mayhem connected Main Street,” explained concern owner, Aldred Griffin.

Placerville constabulary accidental Theodora Economou and Vivian Bertrand, some 22, were walking down Main Street with a weapon and hatchet hitting windows of businesses. Police accidental 2 bystanders, a antheral and a woman, asked them to halt and the suspects allegedly attacked some of them.

“The full solemnisation that is expected to beryllium for kids and for families to beryllium capable to spell out, and past it conscionable makes parents consciousness unsafe and radical not privation to beryllium retired connected the street,” said Placerville nonmigratory Katie Draper.

Aldred Griffin owns the Placerville Public House. He was moving erstwhile helium witnessed Economou being pulled from Hangtown Creek adjacent El Dorado Savings Bank aft moving from constabulary portion dressed successful a Halloween costume.

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“We saw a lady, young woman, get taken up connected the ladder and taken into handcuffs,” helium explained.

It was a convulsive extremity to 2 bully Samaritans trying to support Placerville.

“People are going to get disquieted astir stepping successful and doing the close happening due to the fact that past they are going to beryllium disquieted astir having radical onslaught them,” said Draper.

The antheral received cuts to his hand, according to police, and the pistillate received cuts to her face. According to a GoFundMe page acceptable up for her, she whitethorn suffer an oculus from her injuries.

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Both attackers were arrested for battle with a deadly weapon.

Velena Jones