{"id":413286,"date":"2026-08-21T22:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T22:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/413286\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T22:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T22:32:12","slug":"machete-attack-at-fort-worth-park-injures-two-early-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/413286\/","title":{"rendered":"Machete attack at Fort Worth park injures two early Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787351530_784_breakingphoto.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Two people received minor injuries after being attacked by a man with a machete at a Fort Worth park early Friday, Aug. 21, police say.\" alt=\"Two people received minor injuries after being attacked by a man with a machete at a Fort Worth park early Friday, Aug. 21, police say.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Two people received minor injuries after being attacked by a man with a machete at a Fort Worth park early Friday, Aug. 21, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Two people received minor injuries after being attacked at a Fort Worth park Friday morning by a man wielding a machete, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to Capps Park at 907 W. Berry St. about 6:15 a.m. The call details stated that a man was attacking people with a machete at that location, police said. An individual received a small cut on the hand but declined to go to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, another person was attacked by the same man about 45 minutes prior. That victim also received a small cut to the hand but refused treatement.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is still at large. It appears the attacks were unprovoked, police said, and the suspect may be suffering from some type of mental issue.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/262053942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787298855_742_Headshot.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Harriet Ramos\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/262053942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harriet Ramos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Harriet Ramos covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people received minor injuries after being attacked by a man with a machete at a Fort Worth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-413286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}