Police: 2 attacked with machete in break-in
Police at the scene of a home invasion and machete attack in Shirley. Police said they are searching for two men who stormed a Shirley home late Thursday, using a machete to attack and injure two male occupants before fleeing with cellphones and cash. (Aug. 29, 2013) Credit: Stringer News Service
Police are searching for two men who stormed a Shirley home late Thursday, using a machete to attack and injure two male occupants before fleeing with cellphones and cash.
A third occupant of the home was not injured, Suffolk County police said.
Police said the home-invasion style robbery occurred on Surrey Circle and was reported in a 911 call at 11:35 p.m. The house appears to have been targeted, police told Newsday.
Police said two victims were taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue with non-life-threatening machete wounds.
One man received stitches to the head, police said. Another wounded man was treated for leg injuries.
Police said the investigation is "active and continuing."
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