“(Esteban Portugues) admitted to being the only Hispanic male that was in the park that had the machete," Covington Police Department Detective Eric Higgins said. "He also admitted that he was waving the machete around and striking it on the ground, but he never admitted why. I asked then how did the boy get the laceration on his back and he couldn’t explain. He just said once the boys saw the machete they ran.”