(MENAFN) A staffer of Republican Sen. Rand Paul, of Kentucky, suffered potential brain bleeding and a punctured lung in a stabbing attack on Saturday. The police affidavit reviewed by CBS News indicated that Glynn Neal, 42, attacked and stabbed Phil Todd as he exited a northeast Washington, D.C. restaurant. Todd and the alleged attacker did not know each other, and Todd's statement to police indicated that the stabbing was random in nature. Police described it as a "random, violent attack."
The police affidavit said Neal jumped on top of Todd during the attack and stabbed at Todd's head and upper body. A friend of Todd's helped push Neal off of Todd, allowing Todd and his friend to run off and escape. Officers found a bloody knife near the crime scene.
Todd suffered a stab wound to the left side of his head that penetrated the skull and likely caused an internal brain bleed. He also suffered another deep stab wound to the left of his torso that punctured his lung. Todd would be undergoing initial surgery to deal with the punctured lung and any possible internal bleeding. A second surgery would be scheduled to deal with the potential brain bleed after a neurological consultation.
According to the court docket in D.C. Superior Court, Neal faces a charge of assault with attempt to kill. The court docket showed that Neal had in recent days completed serving a 12-year prison sentence for a separate felony case in D.C. Neal is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing on April 6 in D.C. Superior Court.
In a statement issued on Monday, Sen. Rand Paul asked for privacy and requested the public to pray for his staffer's speedy and complete recovery. The police report indicated that investigators connected a cellphone found near the crime scene to Neal. When officers arrived at his home to question Neal, they found he had lip and pinky injuries that appeared fresh.
The attack on Todd is the second high-profile assault near or on Capitol Hill this year involving an alleged repeat offender. A D.C. man, with a history of criminal cases, is charged with a federal crime for an alleged assault against Rep. Angie Craig, a Democrat representing Minnesota's second district, in February in an elevator in Craig's Capitol Hill apartment complex.
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