Black Man Attacks White Man With Machete At A Bus Stop In Tucson, Arizona

Posted • April 16, 2025: Tucson, Arizona — A man has been left with critical injuries after a brutal attack in downtown Tucson last weekend. According to Pima County court documents, Jacob Couch, 32, and his wife, Kristen Couch, were sitting on a bus bench at the corner of 6th Avenue and Broadway Boulevard on April 5 when a man, later identified as 25-year-old Daniel Michael, approached them and yelled at them. Records showed that Jacob Couch said something back to the man, and that’s when he hit Jacob Couch in the neck with what his wife said was a machete-type knife. Jacob Couch suffered a massive wound to the back of his neck and bled profusely before being rushed to the hospital. “He’s not expected to make it right now,” Jacob Couch’s younger brother, Luke Couch, said. “We’ve just been taking it how we can.” The 32-year-old victim’s family said he is at Banner University Medical Center on life support in the ICU.

“The injury cut the artery in the back of his neck in half; it went so deep that it hit his skull,” Jacob Couch’s Sister-In-Law, Erica Sims, said. Jacob Couch’s loved ones say he and his wife were traveling by bus from California back home to Alabama following a vacation. The two decided to stop in Tucson to check out the area. Court documents stated video surveillance captured the suspect walking away calmly from the scene. After reviewing the footage, investigators were able to identify him as Michael. Daniel Michael, 25, is accused of attacking a man with a hatchet in downtown Tucson. Officers were able to locate Michael at his home three days later. Documents showed that investigators found a hatchet in Michael’s apartment while performing a search warrant, as well as clothes worn during the attack. (…)

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