A bat-wielding man who brutally beat his neighbor Dec. 9 and has been on the lam ever since turned himself into local authorities Wednesday night, according to the Morgan Hill Police Department’s Facebook page.
Mark Weber, 47, of Oak Grove Court in Morgan Hill, was transported to Santa Clara County Main Jail after he self surrendered at MHPD “without incident,” police reported.
The unidentified victim is recovering from his injuries that were considered life threatening, according to various news outlets.
The bizarre incident—which at one point was reported as a possible suicide threat—started about 12:45 p.m. Dec. 9. At that time, officers from the Morgan Hill Police Department responded to a call of a fight in progress between two men on the 200 block of Oak Grove Court, according to a Dec. 14 press release from MHPD.
Initial reports suggested that one of the men used a baseball bat to assault the other, police said. Shortly after the first call, police received a second phone call reporting that Weber, 47, had killed his neighbor with a bat.
Officers responded to the scene and eventually located the victim, who was not dead but was suffering from major injuries inside his home, the press release states. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he was treated for possible life threatening injuries.
Officers searched the area for Weber throughout the evening Dec. 9 but he fled the scene before police arrived.
MHPD and police from multiple other agencies were stationed in the Oak Grove Court neighborhood, near the intersection of Wright Avenue, for several hours Dec. 9 as they attempted to make contact with the resident at the scene of the assault.
