Police: Homeless Mississippi man attacks man with knife

Authorities say a homeless man in Mississippi attacked another homeless man with a weapon the victim told police was a machete.

Posted: Jul 19, 2018 9:42 AM

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a homeless man in Mississippi attacked another homeless man with a weapon the victim told police was a machete.

News outlets report 55-year-old Bernard Matheny was arrested Wednesday and charged with aggravated assault. The injured man was taken to a hospital. The extent of his injuries is unclear. Biloxi Police Maj. Christopher De Back tells news outlets that the two men know each other.

De Back says the attack happened Monday night in a mall parking lot. The unidentified victim told police he was attacked with a machete, but police say they haven't found the weapon. De Back says, "One of them flew off the handle, and that's all we know for now." The investigation is ongoing.

It's unclear whether Matheny has a lawyer.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Confirmed Cases: 15752

Reported Deaths: 739

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Hinds	1028	26
Madison	742	23
Lauderdale	741	62
Neshoba	671	39
Jones	652	28
Scott	648	12
Forrest	583	38
DeSoto	550	7
Rankin	446	8
Holmes	434	28
Leake	431	12
Copiah	313	4
Jackson	307	13
Attala	298	17
Yazoo	283	4
Newton	278	4
Lincoln	266	29
Leflore	265	32
Harrison	261	7
Monroe	261	25
Oktibbeha	243	14
Lamar	239	5
Lowndes	219	9
Wayne	210	1
Pearl River	209	31
Pike	203	11
Adams	200	15
Washington	191	7
Noxubee	187	6
Warren	175	10
Covington	173	2
Bolivar	165	11
Jasper	163	4
Lee	154	6
Smith	152	11
Clarke	148	19
Kemper	145	11
Chickasaw	137	12
Lafayette	137	4
Coahoma	125	4
Winston	120	1
Carroll	117	11
Marion	117	9
Clay	114	4
Claiborne	110	2
Lawrence	106	1
Simpson	100	0
Tate	95	1
Grenada	95	3
Yalobusha	94	5
Hancock	91	11
Itawamba	88	7
Sunflower	85	3
Wilkinson	85	9
Montgomery	85	1
Union	84	5
Marshall	81	3
Jefferson Davis	77	3
Tippah	73	11
Panola	71	3
Webster	68	2
Calhoun	65	4
Amite	64	1
Humphreys	59	7
Walthall	57	0
Prentiss	56	3
Tunica	55	3
Perry	50	3
Choctaw	48	2
Jefferson	42	1
Pontotoc	36	3
Quitman	34	0
Tishomingo	32	0
Stone	30	0
Franklin	29	2
Tallahatchie	27	1
George	25	1
Alcorn	17	1
Greene	16	1
Benton	14	0
Sharkey	7	0
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Confirmed Cases: 18246

Reported Deaths: 644

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Mobile	2271	118
Jefferson	1859	103
Montgomery	1758	43
Tuscaloosa	799	16
Marshall	700	9
Franklin	562	8
Lee	550	33
Shelby	522	20
Tallapoosa	427	65
Butler	414	18
Unassigned	384	2
Walker	370	2
Elmore	362	8
Chambers	358	25
Madison	343	4
Baldwin	292	9
Morgan	287	1
Dallas	279	3
Etowah	260	12
Lowndes	252	12
DeKalb	249	3
Coffee	238	1
Autauga	233	5
Sumter	224	7
Houston	221	4
Bullock	209	6
Pike	206	0
Colbert	186	2
Russell	175	0
Hale	175	9
Barbour	172	1
Marengo	171	6
Lauderdale	166	2
Calhoun	164	3
Choctaw	153	10
Wilcox	150	7
Cullman	147	1
Clarke	146	2
St. Clair	128	1
Randolph	127	7
Dale	122	0
Marion	122	11
Pickens	118	4
Talladega	117	5
Limestone	108	0
Chilton	103	1
Greene	95	4
Winston	90	0
Macon	85	4
Covington	81	1
Jackson	81	2
Henry	80	2
Bibb	76	1
Crenshaw	75	3
Escambia	72	3
Washington	71	6
Blount	63	1
Lawrence	50	0
Monroe	43	2
Geneva	43	0
Perry	42	0
Conecuh	41	1
Coosa	40	1
Cherokee	38	3
Clay	28	2
Lamar	26	0
Fayette	16	0
Cleburne	15	1