It was a brazen surprise attack on a sunny afternoon on Washington, D.C.'s H. Street in the northeast part of the city. A staffer for U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky was walking down the sidewalk with a friend, while holding a paper bag after leaving a restaurant.
As they yell,"run! run!" the attacker straightens the hood of his jacket and walks off, leaving what appears to be the silver weapon behind, laying on the sidewalk. Prosecutors said during a hearing in July that the attack happened just a day after Neal was released from prison. In 2011 he was convicted for multiple charges including threats to injure or kidnap a person, forcing a person into prostitution and for obstruction of justice, according to reports.
Police said their witness in the case, Todd's friend Christopher Barnard who was walking with Todd at the time of the attack, was there when a man who was"hiding in a corner" came out and lunged at them with a weapon before the struggle. Another witness told police they saw Todd on the ground bleeding from the head and both helped Todd attend to his wounds while they waited for medics and police to arrive. The Washington Post reported that Neal was arrested hours later after his cellphone was found near Todd's bloody phone and jacket on a sidewalk.
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