Man arrested after attacking woman with samurai sword

A person was arrested on Tuesday after approaching law enforcement officials with a samurai sword, which he reportedly used to assault his mom earlier that night time.

Los Angeles Police Division (LAPD) officers responded to a name about an assault in progress at a house in Mid-Wilshire.

They arrived to search out the suspect, Eric Herrera, brandishing a samurai sword whereas strolling in the course of the road.

Because the officers confronted Herrera, he drew the sword and approached. ‘Officers tried to de-escalate the scenario and gave the suspect verbal instructions to place the weapon down,’ the LAPD acknowledged. ‘The suspect refused to cooperate with the officer’s instructions as he approached officers with sword in hand.’

Police recognized the attacker as 23-year-old Eric Herrera (Image: LAPD)

The LAPD officers used a taser to subdue the agitated man.

They discovered the sufferer in entrance of her dwelling with a number of lacerations on her arms. Officers utilized a tourniquet to cease her bleeding earlier than being transported to an area hospital. She is in steady situation.

On Thursday, the LAPD launched physique digital camera footage of the incident.

Within the video, an officer tasers Herrera after telling to ‘again up.’ One other officer tasers him a second time after he tries to brandish it once more whereas mendacity on the bottom.

Members of the family mentioned the sufferer was the attacker’s mom (Image: LAPD)

‘Drop the sword! Drop it now!’ the officers yell.

After they discover the sufferer, she tells the officers ‘I’m bleeding in every single place.’ She exhibits them wounds on her left arm, and says there may be one other wound ‘someplace on my physique’ as she sits on the sidewalk, her palms and legs lined in blood.

She tells officers that her daughter is inside the home, however unharmed. ‘I advised her to cover,’ she says.

Witnesses initially mentioned the attacker additionally harmed a household canine, however relations disputed this account (Image: LAPD)

Police mentioned the battle started as a dispute between two relations, however didn't disclose the connection between the sufferer and the attacker.

One other member of the family advised KTLA that the sufferer was Herrera’s mom.

Herrera was charged with tried homicide and is being held on $100,000 bail.