Man charged with assault following machete attack at Hillsborough homeless encampment
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Hillsborough man was charged with assault after police said he attacked a man at a homeless encampment on Wednesday.
According to police, officers responded to reports of an aggravated assault involving a machete in the area of 500 S. Churton Street at a homeless encampment in the woods across from the address.
Police said the victim, a homeless man, was taken to UNC Hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
61-year-old Tyrone Lacour, who police said also lives at the encampment, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. He is being held at Orange County Jail under a $15,000 secured bond.
Anyone with any information should contact Lt. William Felts at 919-296-9553 or by email at william.felts@hillsboroughnc.gov.
