'Trespassing on his land': Man struck victim with cleaver repeatedly in the head 'because he was a foreigner,' cops say

A fishy successful Kentucky attacked a random antheral connected the thoroughfare with a cleaver and attempted to termination him "because helium was a foreigner," according to authorities.

Jeremiah Page, 30, stands charged with attempted murder and first-degree assault, the Louisville Metro Police Department told Law&Crime. He appeared successful tribunal connected Tuesday.

On Monday astatine astir 5:30 p.m., Page was walking connected a sidewalk connected the 7300 artifact of Preston Highway successful Louisville erstwhile helium approached different man, section CBS affiliate WLKY reported, citing an apprehension citation from police. Page held a "cleaver-knife," and helium allegedly swung it repeatedly astatine the man, hitting him doubly successful the caput and erstwhile successful the shoulder.

The fishy reportedly ran away, portion constabulary responded to the scene, arsenic aggregate witnesses and video captured the alleged attack. The unfortunate — who did not talk English — was seemingly unchangeable capable to talk with officers, telling them astir the incident. However, helium was taken to an country infirmary with life-threatening injuries.

Police did not supply an update connected the victim's presumption connected Wednesday different than saying helium is inactive alive.

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Responding officers are said to person recovered Page adjacent — inactive equipped with the cleaver. According to the tribunal document, they work him his Miranda rights, and helium confessed to the attack.

When asked wherefore helium did it, Page told investigators that the antheral was "trespassing connected his land" and that helium tried to termination him "because helium was a foreigner," country ABC affiliate WHAS reported. The fishy allegedly besides claimed that helium "owned each of Louisville."

During his quality successful tribunal connected Tuesday, the defendant's enslaved was acceptable astatine $750,000. He is owed backmost successful tribunal connected April 17.