Man charged in machete attack that killed one, critically wounded another

A man who allegedly killed one of his roommates and seriously injured another with a machete was charged with murder and attempted murder Friday.

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office alleges that Carlos Arias Donis, 25 attacked two of his roommates Wednesday at their apartment in Lawndale.

According to prosecutors Fernando Garcia, 23, died at the scene and a second unidentified victim is in critical condition at a local hospital. Donis allegedly fled the apartment but was later captured by deputies at the L.A. County Sheriff's Department.

He is being held on more than $3-million bail and will be arraigned later Friday.

If convicted, he faces life in prison.

-- Shelby Grad

Comments

[Marley]

Am I missing something or did you forget the where part of the 5 W's rules of journalism? Where did the killing occur?

[Duh]

think you missed the part where it says ..."at their apartment in Lawndale"

[kuruc]

life in jail? let the judges support this killer; not the taxpayers.

[JB]

Doesn't sound like he was fleeing if caught at the L.A. County Sheriffs Dept. Was he captured turning himself in?

[T]

Is Lawndale a real place or a euphemism for the suburbs? I think it's a euphemism. No one in their right mind would call a town "Lawndale". What would be next? Shrubberydale? Monty Python now in charge? So we don't know where this happened... I'd guess Beverly Hills. I don't trust that place's social relations ever since I studied as a child the docudramas about, I believe, the Clampetts. 5 W's broken - where did the attack happen? Do no evil LA Times. Don't protect the rich.

[Will]

I wonder if he was already a vicious killer in Mexico but we'll never know that with our uncheck immigration policies you can be a catel beheader one day and a regular illegal imigrant the next lord help us

[Michelle Richardson]

this goes to show you that guns are not the problem. people and their mental state is the problem. you can kill people with anything but you can't ban everything. A car is more dangerous than a gun.