Four people reportedly were hospitalized this afternoon apparently after being attacked in their Bayview, Idaho trailer home by a hammer-wielding neighbor.

Details were sketchy and the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department did not return calls Sunday seeking information, but residents said authorities at the scene of the attack indicated four people were injured, some with head wounds, and rushed to area hospitals. No condition reports were available. The attack occurred at a mobile home along Limekiln Road, said Herb Huseland, who lives nearby.

Husseland said the suspect, who is his next door neighbor, reportedly called the sheriff's office from a local restaurant to turn himself in. Recently, the suspect had "tacked up a letter to the community accusing the government of invading his mind," Huseland said in a posting on his community blog, Bay Views, about the attack.

Huseland is a freelance writer who contributes to The Spokesman-Review's soon-to-be-discontinued Handle Extra section covering neighborhood news in North Idaho.

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