Lincoln teen threatens man with knife and garden rake

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Around 8:15 p.m. on Nov. 2, the Lincoln Police Department (LPD) was dispatched after reports of a disturbance.

Multiple callers reported a physical altercation between a a 14-year-old boy and a 53-year-old man near South 19th and Washington streets. Callers also reported the altercation involved a knife and a garden rake and had ended up inside Russ’s Market. Officers learned enroute that the two knew parties knew each other.

Officers arrived at the store and saw the teenager holding a large kitchen knife and lunging towards an unknown 69-year-old man who had tried to stop the altercation with a shopping cart. The 53-year-old man was holding a garden rake.

The 14-year-old complied with officers’ demands to drop the knife. The 53-year-old then picked up the knife before officers demanded he drop it as well.

After investigation, officers determined that the 14-year-old had threatened the 53-year-old with the garden rake. The man was able to get the rake away from the teenager, but the teen then grabbed a kitchen knife.

The 14-year-old began threatening the man with the knife at the initial residence and then at the store.

Officers recovered both the rake and the knife.

The 14-year-old was taken into custody and brought to the Youth Services Center for second-degree attempted assault.