A Long Island man is facing assault and weapons charges for allegedly attacking three people with a machete at a sporting goods store. Suffolk County police said Saturday that the attack happened the previous afternoon at a Dick’s Sporting Goods store in Patchogue, about 50 kilometers east of New York. Treyvius Tunstall allegedly asked to buy rifles but left after being asked to provide identification. According to police, he then slashed a store manager with a knife and attacked two other people as he fled. The store manager suffered injuries to his torso, arms and head, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said Saturday. Prosecutors said Tunstall cut tendons in the store manager’s hands during the attack. reported Newsday. The manager was treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. A customer was hit in the head by the back of the knife, and a person in the parking lot was cut on the arm and shoulder, police said. Both victims were treated at the scene for minor injuries. Police arrested Tunstall nearby. Through his court-appointed attorney, the 22-year-old West Babylon resident pleaded not guilty at a court appearance Saturday to three counts of assault and six weapons charges and was ordered held on $400,000 cash bail or $800,000 bond. According to Harrison, Tunstall had gone to a Dick’s store in Bay Shore, about 15 miles away, earlier in the afternoon and bought the knife, a machete and a backpack, but was told to go to the Patchogue store if he wanted to buy rifles. Police had not determined a motive for the attack, Harrison said.
