GREENSBORO, N.C. — A husband and wife said they were attacked by a man holding a box cutter in Greensboro. It was all caught on camera, and it happened while their kids were playing outside their home on Baylor Street.
The victims are now recovering.
"I came to looking up at a paramedic and I said, 'Please don't let me die, don't let me die like this in front of my kids,'" Teresa Barber recalled.
Her Friday night plunged into chaos as her kids watched her fight to get away from her neighbor, who she said came at her with a box cutter.
"He was standing over me and it was like this, and it was nothing but a shadow, every time I close my eyes, Friday night in the hospital - that's all I saw," she said.
Teresa said her neighbor attacked because her kids were allegedly playing on his property.
The fight quickly got violent.
Ring video showed the neighbor also attacking Teresa's husband Darryl, while their teenage son tried to stop it.
Teresa was stabbed multiple times, along her ear, neck, and back.
"I've had to walk with this cane ever since I got out of the hospital because I can't keep my balance," she said.
Darryl is still in the hospital recovering from his injuries, including a stab wound in his arm and a punctured lung.
"He's got too much junk in his lungs for them to release him right now," Teresa said.
Their loved ones are just thankful they're alive.
"It would have took a chunk of my heart out if I lost her; a chunk I probably couldn't ever get back," said Teresa's mother Darlene Love.
The suspect, Patrick Cleary, was charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. He is being held under a $15,000 secured bond. If he makes bail, he must have no contact with the victims, wear an electronic device, and have a curfew.
Update: Since this story aired, Cleary's bond was increased to $1,015,000 and he now faces attempted murder charges.
