By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
A man from Pennsylvania attacked and killed his neighbor this week using a knife and a chain saw while wearing a mask and costume like the one from the movie “Scream”.
According to a criminal complaint from the Pennsylvania State Police, the man returned to his home after the attack and watched a movie until police came.
Stonix News gathered that 30-year-old Zak Moyer surrendered after the attack and was taken into custody without incident.
Police said he has been charged with criminal homicide and is being held at the Carbon County Correctional Facility.
NBC News, on Friday, reported that Lehighton Borough police and later state police responded to an active assault incident Monday in Carbon County, in which a man attacked another man using a knife and a chain saw.
Officials found the victim, Edward Whitehead Jr., 59, who lived at the home, had been struck in the head with the weapons by a man who was wearing a mask and a black costume-like garment, consistent with the ‘Scream’ movie character.
Whitehead was taken to the hospital, where he died from his injuries, state police said.
He had cuts on his right arm and on the right side of his head above his eyebrow, wounds on his hands that were consistent with defensive wounds, and a large bleeding wound to the right side of the head.
The complaint said security video showed the suspect leaving Whitehead’s home through the back door and entering the rear door of a home next door, where neighbors said Moyer lived.
Police established a perimeter around Moyer’s home and communicated with him through a notebook.
According to the complaint, Moyer’s sister told police Monday that her brother told her a week ago that he wanted to kill Whitehead.
Moyer told police that he had gone to the family’s house Monday with a knife and a chain saw while wearing the “Scream” costume to scare them.
When asked about the costume and the weapons, Moyer admitted he had planned to kill Whitehead.
Moyer also admitted to stabbing Whitehead in the head, returning to his home to watch a movie until police arrived, and hiding the chain saw in the attic and the knife in his desk drawer.
Police said in a news release that the investigation is active and there is no threat to the surrounding community.
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