Intruder attacks homeowner with pitchfork and he fights back with sword, WA cops say
A home intruder attacked a 71-year-old man with a pitchfork, and the man fought back with a samurai sword, authorities in Washington said.
The homeowner first discovered his kitchen window had been shattered and items were out of place when he returned home at about 1:30 p.m. June 25, the Seattle Police Department said in a release.
He then saw a man in his living room, police said.
“He said he just saw red, and it turned into a scuffle that got violent really quick,” the man’s neighbor Cody Burns told KOMO-TV.
The accused burglar held the homeowner to the ground and “gouged” him in the eye with a pitchfork, the news outlet reported.
The homeowner was able to break free and run to his room where he grabbed a gun, police said. But the intruder tried to wrestle the man for it, police said.
When he tried to fire the gun, it jammed, police said. A 61-year-old woman was in the house at the time and tried to pull the intruder off of the man, police said.
The homeowner then grabbed a samurai sword and stabbed the intruder in the torso, police said.
The injured 61-year-old man fled the home and was arrested nearby on a burglary charge and taken to a hospital for a non-life-threatening stab wound.
This story was originally published June 30, 2023 at 10:47 AM with the headline "Intruder attacks homeowner with pitchfork and he fights back with sword, WA cops say."
