God Told Me To Do It, Part 1
Gimme some sugar, baby! It’s like Army of Darkness, for real. Albertsons supermarket bagboy goes postal, hacks several astonished shoppers to death with broadsword.
A man wielding a samurai-style sword killed two people and wounded three others at an Irvine supermarket … Wearing a green beret and a long, dark coat, the Santa Ana man pulled out a sword with a 3-foot blade and calmly attacked in silence, almost beheading one of his victims. As he roamed the store, employees armed with barbecue utensils, mayonnaise jars and trashcan lids tried to corner him.
“I’m extremely surprised, shocked. He was a good guy,” Cherry said. “He was real intellectual” and often spoke about history and religion. He was pleasant with customers at Albertsons. But he often seemed depressed, and some who knew Parker say he was on medication for his mental state. He talked to himself. But during conversation, Parker seemed to struggle to form what he wanted to say, said Becky Guerra, who lived in the Irvine condo complex where Parker had rented a room. “He seemed like a nice guy.”