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A La Crosse man faces aggravated battery charges after police say he attacked another resident of Tent City with a samurai sword Friday.

According to police reports, the 57-year-old victim told officers he got into an altercation after he returned to his campsite at the former Mobil Oil site just north of downtown La Crosse and was unable to find his drill. He said he grabbed a metal bar to protect himself but was slashed in the thigh.

The man had a 3-inch cut to his leg but refused medical attention and would not let police examine the wound, according to the reports. He said the suspect was “shorter, heavy and had a samurai sword.”

Police suspected Lucas Delorenzo, 28, who “was known to carry a samurai sword,” according to reports. Delorenzo was found walking on Causeway Boulevard and said he had tried to defend himself when the victim tried to hit him with a “big stick.”

A witness gave officers a backpack and 3-foot sword she said Delorenzo had thrown in the woods.