article_snippet: the sheriff then pulled a machete from the sheriff waistband and began swinging a machete at agents and others in the area.
article_snippet: Once I yelled for the checkpoint to be cleared, I looked over my shoulder and a machete was coming after me.
article_snippet: a machete was swinging very hard, very hard with the machete," Richel said.
article_snippet: And if a machete would have made contact with anybody, it would have been terrible.
article_snippet: Originally, I thought the machete hit me.
article_snippet: I knew a machete was close, so I honestly thought a machete hit me and Richel shot a machete.
article_snippet: a machete might have gone somewhere else.