The suspect in a campus machete attack at Transylvania University has been indicted on multiple charges.
The attack happened in April of this year and sent the university into a lockdown.
Police tell LEX 18 that Mitchell Adkins entered Jazzman’s Cafe on campus armed with a machete and a bag full of knives.
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Witnesses said he yelled, “The day of reckoning is here!”
Police say Adkins then pulled out the machete and attacked a female student, according to police. She was sent to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Another female was struck and was treated at the scene.
Classmates identified Adkins as a student who posted a controversial Buzzfeed article two years ago. According to what witnesses say is his personal Facebook page, he wrote an article complaining about the treatment of conservative students on Transy’s campus. The article “Discrimination Of Conservatives In Liberal Arts” states, “I’m the one who’s lashed out at for being a “racist” or “bigot”, some even go as far as saying “bane of society” or “fascist Nazi”.” In the article, there is an update that says, “Dropping out of college was hard, but it made me realize that I’m here for myself, and I need to learn to ignore the occasional plagues of society so I can better myself and make sure to never stoop to their level.”
Witnesses tell LEX 18 that the attack was political and that he asked students their political affiliation before attacking them.
Adkins was indicted on charges of first-degree assault, fourth-degree assault, four counts of terroristic threatening, resisting arrest and three counts of menacing.
Adkins will be back in court June 16.
