PLACERVILLE, Calif. — A woman is in the hospital with a severe wound underneath her left eye after she was attacked in Placerville on Halloween, according to the Placerville Police Department.
A GoFundMe was organized for the female victim, Kristine Hall, by her friend Tiffany Moore. Moore told ABC10 Hall might not be able to see from her injured eye again after she was attacked with a hatchet.
Police said the attack happened near the 400 block of Main Street at around 10 p.m. Theodora Economou and Vivian Bertrand are the two women who were identified by law enforcement.
Economou and Bertrand were damaging property before they were confronted by the victim, police said. They then attacked her with a "hatchet-like weapon."
Hall was with a friend when the attack happened. His thumb was injured in the assault, police said.
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Both suspects ran away on Main street with the male victim and other witnesses chasing after them. The male victim was able to detain Bertrand in a parking lot until police arrived.
Hall was taken to the hospital, while the male victim went to the Marshall Medical Center on his own. According to the El Dorado County District Attorney's Office, they are both in the victim witness program as they cope with their injuries.
Economou and Bertrand were booked into the El Dorado County Jail where they face charges of assault with a deadly weapon. They are both expected back in court on Dec. 7.
Police ask anyone with any information to call 530-642-5210.
