Ninja Sword-Wielding Man Accused Of Attacking Over Lost Socks

HUDSON, FL – Pasco County Sheriff’s deputies say a Hudson man attacked several people with a ninja sword for reportedly stealing his socks.

On Tuesday, May 1, around noon, deputies say Brandon McCray, 47, of 13238 Lauderdale St., Hudson, got into an argument with several people at his home, accusing them of stealing his socks.

When no one confessed to taking the missing socks, McCray left but said he would be back, and they would be sorry.

McCray reportedly returned to the home wielding a ninja sword. He swung the sword at his 43-year-old former live-in girlfriend, causing a large laceration in her leg.

Deputies say he then swung the sword at a man’s head and neck, but missed.

After a struggle in which another 53-year-old man received injuries to his forearms, biceps and both hands, nearly severing his fingers, McCray left the home, screaming threats of revenge.

Deputies arrested McCray at a neighbor’s home around 10 p.m. He was charged with domestic aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and attempted murder/homicide-premeditated. He is being held at the Land O’ Lakes Detention Center in lieu of $150,000 bond.

Both victims were taken to Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point with non-life threatening injuries.

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