An Encanto man was attacked in his driveway Tuesday and his sister said the attacker is a neighbor who has been threatening her family for years.
“My brother came running in with his hand over his head, bleeding,” Johanna Pascua said. “I’m talking about bleeding.”
Pascua felt helpless Tuesday afternoon when her younger brother ran into her home asking for help just after 12:30 p.m. at the family's home on Bethany Street.
She said her brother was walking down his driveway with a jack to begin working on a car when a man who was crouched behind a truck jumped up and used a knife to slash her brother's skull, leaving a 6-inch gash.
After the emergency personnel arrived and rushed her brother to Scripps Mercy Hospital, Pascua checked the security cameras she has posted around her home.
“The guy just slashes him on his head or even tries to stab him,” she said, explaining what she saw on the video.
Pascua recognized the attacker as a neighbor who was once a family friend. The man's mother once cared for Pascua and her brother when they were children.
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She said the man has been threatening her family for the past two years and the incidents have been escalating.
“We have to look over our shoulder every time we walk out of our house," she said. "I don’t think that’s fair that I have to live looking over my shoulder in a suburban area. I don’t think that’s right.”
When she requested a restraining order, the judge denied her request suggesting the two parties avoid being around each other.
“He’s unpredictable,” Pascua said. “Yes, I’m afraid – not for myself – but for my family.”
Pascua's brother was released from the hospital Tuesday night.
San Diego police said the suspect is a neighbor who lives across the street from the victim. He's not in custody but is wanted on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
Anyone with information on the suspect can call Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
