A homeless man repeatedly slashed a married couple in Nashville with a machete because he was angry about shutdowns during the coronavirus pandemic, authorities said.
Kelvin D. Edwards, 35, hacked at Kevin Craft, 55, and his wife, Leanne Craft, 50, on Sunday afternoon in the office of a Public Storage center, the Metro Nashville Police Department said in a statement.
Edwards grabbed the machete from his bin at the storage facility and allegedly struck the couple — continuing even after they were bleeding on the floor, police said.
Six cops responded to a 911 call about the attack and applied multiple tourniquets to help stanch the couple’s wounds, authorities said.
The victims were rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where they are clinging to life, authorities said.
Found outside the facility with his hands raised in surrender, Edwards told cops that he attacked the couple to demonstrate his anger over coronavirus lockdowns and his inability to go to Rescue Mission, an organization that serves the homeless.
Edwards was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder, police said.