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Police: Man Uses Sword to Kill Neighbor



NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Police say a man attacked three people in a North Charleston mobile home park with a sword, killing one of them and severely injuring the other two.

Investigators say 35-year-old Danny Broughton the Third brandished the sword briefly at a police officer trying to arrest him after the rampage Wednesday morning, but dropped it when the officer challenged him.

Authorities say 63-year-old neighborhood handyman Heyward Carrigg was stabbed to death, while Broughton's 54-year-old father and his 26-year-old roommate Trujillo Mendieta suffered serious stab wounds.

Police say the sword was at least two feet long.

Neighbors and friends say Broughton had a history of mental problems, but investigators are still trying to determine a motive.
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  • 1911a1-fan
    wonder what they did to provoke him
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  • dcon12
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    wonder what they did to provoke him


    They said he couldn't cut it. Don
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  • FrancF
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    Police: Man Uses Sword to Kill Neighbor

    Neighbors and friends say Broughton had a history of mental problems, but investigators are still trying to determine a motive.


    I love rocket science.
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  • Old-Colts
    There you have it, a justifiable reason to ban the evil assault sword![:D]
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  • akfanatik
    to bad one of those people werent legally armed
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  • spryor
    quote:Originally posted by dcon12
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    wonder what they did to provoke him


    They said he couldn't cut it. Don
    Seems they were wrong.[;)]
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  • p3skyking
    quote:Originally posted by akfanatik
    to bad one of those people werent legally armed


    Illegally would have been fine too. When you are up to your ass in aligators, who has time to worry about the water?
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  • FrancF
    quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
    quote:Originally posted by akfanatik
    to bad one of those people werent legally armed


    Illegally would have been fine too. When you are up to your ass in aligators, who has time to worry about the water?


    [:D]
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