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Background: The Green Bay, Wis., neighborhood where David Mairena-Garcia allegedly attacked his ex (Google Maps). Inset: David Mairena-Garcia (Brown County Sheriff”s Office).
A man from Wisconsin is facing serious charges after allegedly breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s residence and attacking her and her new partner with a machete.
David Mairena-Garcia, aged 29, has been detained at the Brown County Jail. He is charged with attempted murder among other felonies following an alleged machete assault on Monday. The Green Bay Police Department reported that officers were called to a Green Bay home after receiving a report of an incident involving an “edged weapon” around 5:15 a.m. on Monday. The victims, a 26-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man, both sustained severe injuries. They received initial treatment at the scene before being transported to the hospital.
Mairena-Garcia was apprehended approximately three hours later during a routine traffic stop.
A criminal complaint, as reported by local Fox affiliate WLUK, reveals that the victims were familiar with Mairena-Garcia. The woman, his ex-girlfriend, shares a child with him, while the injured man is her current boyfriend. According to the police, the woman stated that Mairena-Garcia used his own key to enter the home and commenced the attack without uttering a word, immediately assaulting them with the machete.
Authorities disclosed that Mairena-Garcia allegedly struck the new boyfriend on the shoulder, forearm, and leg with the machete. He is also accused of beating his ex-girlfriend, inflicting head injuries, and causing lacerations to her hand and neck.
The woman told police that Mairena-Garcia “had already made several death threats to her by text message and in person.”
According to the complaint, Mairena-Garcia chased the new boyfriend down the street with the machete before getting into his vehicle and fleeing the scene. Police were able to track down his vehicle with Flock cameras and arrested him during a traffic stop at 8:35 a.m.
When police questioned Mairena-Garcia, he reportedly told them that when he saw his “wife” in bed with another man, he flew into a rage and “just want[ed] to kill them.”
Mairena-Garcia was charged with two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, both with enhancements for the use of a deadly weapon and one with an additional enhancement for domestic violence. He was also charged with two counts of aggravated battery, armed burglary, and bail jumping. His bond was set at $750,000, and he remains in custody at the Brown County Jail. His next court date is scheduled for May 19.