Detectives released surveillance footage and photos on Tuesday in the search for a man who attacked a person with an ax just outside a West Hollywood 7-11 store on Saturday.
Kisu Bradey Brown, 41, is the man accused of repeatedly striking another man with an ax or ‘hatchet-type’ blade before fleeing the scene, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials said.
A man strikes another man with an ax, as seen in surveillance footage released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Sept. 5, 2017.
The incident happened at a 7-11 store in the 7900 block of Santa Monica Boulevard at about 4:05 a.m. Saturday, officials said.
Brown is a local transient and “known as a violent individual” who has had “numerous” felony convictions and prior assault convictions, Sgt. Jeff Bishop of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said at a Tuesday press conference.
The victim had offered to pay for items that Brown was allegedly attempting to steal from the 7-11 store, according to a press release from the Department.
Kisu Bradey Brown in an image released by the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department on Sept. 5, 2017.
That’s when Brown “became upset,” the Department press release said, and “a struggle ensued” between him and the other man while they were still inside the store.
But the situation escalated just as the two men were leaving the store, as seen in surveillance footage.
Video shows the man who sheriff’s deputies believe is Brown leaving first and then waiting outside to attack his victim.
“On this video, you’re going to see the suspect exit the store and basically lie in wait for the victim, who comes out of the door next,” Sgt. Jeff Bishop of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said at a Tuesday press conference.
Just as the victim takes his first few steps out of the 7-11 store, the other man quickly pulls a “hatchet- type” blade out of his clothing and lunges at him with it, Bishop said.
Kisu Bradey Brown in a photo released by the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department on Sept. 5, 2017.
The victim falls to the ground with that first swing of the blade, as seen in video.
“At that time, another individual comes out of the store and sees what’s going on, as now the suspect is standing over our victim, chopping at his face,” Bishop said, calling the assault a “very gruesome attack.”
“For a real quick second, the suspect walks away,” Bishop said of the last moments of the attack. “He’s still in the view of the camera. He then turns around and comes back and continues to chop at the victim’s face while [the victim is] lying on the ground — before he flees.”
Brown slammed the hatchet against the victim’s skull several times, causing multiple head injuries, Bishops said. Now, doctors are “relieving the pressure on his skull by having a tube in his head,” he said.
The victim also suffered “major damage” on one of his hands, defensive wounds caused by Brown “nearly chopping his hand in half,” Bishop said.
Brown was seen fleeing the scene northbound on Hayworth Avenue, officials said.
He is described by authorities as a black man with black hair and brown eyes who is about 6 feet tall and weighs about 190 pounds.
“We’re hoping we can get attempted murder charges filed on this individual,” Bishop told reporters.
Sheriff’s deputies said the wanted man is considered “armed and dangerous” and advised people not approach him but instead call 9-11 or the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station at 310-855-8850 if they see him, according to a press release.
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