--- title: Ohio Machete Attacker Acted On His Own, Police Say description: His motive is still unknown canonical: https://time.com/4220382/ohio-machete-attacker-police/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-12T23:55:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:03:22.238Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Ohio Machete Attacker Acted On His Own, Police Say og:description: His motive is still unknown og:url: https://time.com/4220382/ohio-machete-attacker-police/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e9a72afa061ddc6/69887d86f887dcad5ae949db/ohio-machete-attack.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Police talk inside the Columbus, Ohio, restaurant where they say a man attacked several people with a machete on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. They say the man fled the scene and was later fatally shot by police. (AP Photo/Kantele Franko) og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ohio Machete Attacker Acted On His Own, Police Say twitter:description: His motive is still unknown twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e9a72afa061ddc6/69887d86f887dcad5ae949db/ohio-machete-attack.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ohio Machete Attacker Acted On His Own, Police Say by [Corky Siemaszko and Elisha Fieldstadt/NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Corky Siemaszko and Elisha Fieldstadt/NBC News Feb 12, 2016 11:55 PM CUT  Police talk inside the restaurant where they say a man attacked several people with a machete in Columbus, Ohio, on Feb. 11, 2016. Police talk inside the restaurant where they say a man attacked several people with a machete in Columbus, Ohio, on Feb. 11, 2016.Kantele Franko—AP by [Corky Siemaszko and Elisha Fieldstadt/NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Corky Siemaszko and Elisha Fieldstadt/NBC News Feb 12, 2016 11:55 PM CUT A machete-wielding man who slashed four people in an Ohio restaurant and was later killed by police apparently acted on his own but a motive is still unknown, police said Friday. Columbus police called in the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to look into Thursday’s bloody attack, which ended with police fatally shooting 30-year-old Mohamed Barry after a five-mile car chase. “Based on the nature of the assault, we believed it prudent to bring in federal partners,” Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs said. “We believed he acted alone … I’m not aware that we have any known history with the… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-machete-attacker-acted-his-own-police-say-n517716?cid=par-time%5F20160212 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4220382/ohio-machete-attacker-police/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4220382/ohio-machete-attacker-police/"},"headline":"Ohio Machete Attacker Acted On His Own, Police Say","datePublished":"2016-02-12T23:55:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:03:22.238Z","description":"His motive is still unknown","url":"https://time.com/4220382/ohio-machete-attacker-police/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e9a72afa061ddc6/69887d86f887dcad5ae949db/ohio-machete-attack.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Corky Siemaszko and Elisha Fieldstadt/NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e9a72afa061ddc6/69887d86f887dcad5ae949db/ohio-machete-attack.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Police talk inside the Columbus, Ohio, restaurant where they say a man attacked several people with a machete on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. 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