A man armed with a machete asked about the political affiliations of people at a university coffee shop Friday morning before injuring two females in central Kentucky.
The assailant at Transylvania University was armed with a machete and knives and is thought to be a former student, according to Lexington police Sgt. Jervis Middleton.
Police arrested 19-year-old Mitchell W. Adkins of Cincinnati and charged him with first- and fourth-degree assault and three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment.
Police said the two victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries. One was taken to a hospital and the other was treated at the scene.
Middleton said the hospitalized victim was hit by the suspect’s edged weapon and received lacerations and the other victim was struck with the blunt end of the weapon. The suspect had self-inflicted injuries.
Campus security officers were able to quickly subdue the assailant, which prevented further injury. Police said he was taken to a hospital with self-inflicted injuries.
The university canceled classes for the day.
Transylvania is a private liberal arts college founded in 1780 as the 16th college in the U.S. and has an enrollment of 1,050.
Source: AP
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