ESCONDIDO, Calif. (KGTV) – Three people were hospitalized and a man armed with a machete was arrested in a home invasion in Escondido early Thursday morning.
Escondido Police said officers were dispatched to a home in the 1000 block of Camellia Street just after 1:30 a.m. due to a reported break-in.
According to police, a man carrying a machete pushed open a window at the house and made his way inside. Once he was in the home, police said the man threatened to kill everyone as he was confronted by some people inside.
The home occupants were able to lead the armed man outside and tackled him to the ground. During the scuffle, three of the occupants -- two men and a female -- were injured.
Responding officers arrested the assailant, identified as 29-year-old Escondido resident Jesse Angel Martinez, and he was taken to the hospital after he “was found to have a knife inserted in his neck from one of the residents.”
Three of the six people from inside the home suffered non-life threatening injuries and were transported to a nearby hospital.
Police were told by the home occupants that they did not know the man who broke in.
Per Escondido Police, Martinez is on parole and is a registered sex offender.
After treatment for his injuries concludes, Martinez will be booked into jail on charges of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, and threatening a crime with intent to terrorize.
