Posted on 01/09/2003 3:50:57 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
A woman who had smashed into a southeast Houston apartment and tried to choke a small boy -- fending off his frantic family with a shard of glass -- was being examined in a hospital Wednesday after police finally subdued her, officers said.
Even after being restrained and loaded into an ambulance, the 29-year-old woman broke free and fought with the ambulance crew on the way to Ben Taub Hospital, police said.
The 2-year-old child who was attacked, David Nguyen, was treated and released from Ben Taub, along with his grandfather, Tai Nguyen, 54, who was bitten on the arm while trying to rescue the boy, officers said.
Hospital officials would not release any information about the woman's condition. Police said she appeared to have been under the influence of some type of drugs, but no charges had been filed late Wednesday.
The incident occurred shortly before 9 a.m. at an apartment in the 3700 block of Southlawn, where the grandfather was with his 20-year-old daughter and her 2-year-old son, police said.
The man said he heard his front door crash open and his front window shatter before the woman walked in and grabbed the boy.
She tried to choke the child, police were told, and held his relatives at bay with a large piece of glass when they tried to rescue him.
The grandfather tried to grab the glass, but the woman bit his right forearm, police spokesman Alvin Wright said.
Several people outside the apartment witnessed the incident, but refused to get involved, Wright said.
Bystanders flagged down a police officer, who investigated and was met by a badly frightened, bloody woman who was holding the toddler, Wright said. The child had small cuts on his head, possibly from pieces of glass, Wright said.
While the officer talked with the family, another woman covered in blood, holding a large piece of glass, came around the corner. When the officer stepped out of his car, the woman started screaming at him and ran toward him with the glass, Wright said.
The officer, backing up, called for other officers to help and ordered the woman to drop the glass. She then got on the ground and took off her clothes, Wright said. Other officers arrived and subdued the woman until an ambulance arrived. She was bleeding from her left wrist, police said.
As police followed the woman's ambulance to the hospital, the ambulance's rear doors swung open, and officers saw the woman fighting with the crew inside the vehicle, Wright said.
Officers stepped in to assist the ambulance crew, but the woman continued fighting at Ben Taub Hospital, police reports said.
Everyone except those who have watched Psycho more than once. Heh. Heh.
Is that a problem?
The police are very quick at picking up the clues.
Turns out to be a religious nut!
Too bad the story didn't end there with "The officer then drew his gun and fired two shots, striking the insane woman. The woman was pronounced dead on the scene."
At all times. Now a pistol is something else.
This is my rifle, this is my gun
One is for shooting, the other's for fun...
I too am surprised that the woman wasn't shot. Good work on the part of the officer. I noticed in the video report they stated that the woman had just been released from a mental hospital. I'd say she's due for another stay.
When this is a perfect world the story will read.....
"was shot multiple times and killed when he/she/it smashed into a southeast Houston apartment "
If she had broke into my house and attacked one of my kids, she would have been "sleeping" on her way to the mourge.
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