Seattle machete attack suspect had prior assault conviction, 6 pending cases and 2 arrest warrants

The man accused of brutally attacking two people with a machete in Seattle’s Hing Hay Park had a previous assault conviction, six pending criminal cases in Washington and two arrest warrants issued in just two and a half months before the attack.

King County prosecutors charged Oniel George Bygrave, 44, on Friday with first-degree assault and second-degree assault, both carrying deadly weapon enhancements, following Tuesday’s attack in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. He remains jailed on $500,000 bail.

Machete attack at Hing Hay Park:

Video shared with us shows a man appear to strike another man with a machete during some sort of altercation in Hing Hay Park. Suspect was just arrested. We’re told 2 people were hurt. pic.twitter.com/cfDjI8UZQ9…

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