A North Alabama man pleads guilty to a reduced charge in a 2021 machete attack on family

A Lauderdale County man charged in a 2021 attack on several members of his family was sentenced to prison today after pleading guilty to lesser charges.

Kyle Seeley, 37, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree assault.

He received three 25-year sentences, which would run concurrently, according to court documents.

Seeley originally faced six counts of attempted murder following an incident that occurred on May 26, 2021 on County Road 57 in the Underwood community.

Officers, along with members of the Florence Police Department, responded to reports that a man had attacked six family members with multiple weapons.

Authorities said Seeley launched a Molotov cocktail into his parents’ home and fired shots at his parents.

He then wounded his brother with a machete and injured his own children in front of each other, investigators said.

After attacking his family, Seeley then hid in a shed behind his parents’ home for at least three hours, authorities said. Seeley tried to run out of the shed after police fired tear gas into the shed.

He was later taken into custody.