Alleged domestic assault injures two
Posted Dec 21, 2009 8:13 pm.
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A Calgary man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, after a violent incident in a northwest home on Sunday.
Police responded to the home on Beaconsfield Crescent after receiving a complaint of a man with a knife assaulting his family.
Upon arrival, officers found a man choking a woman.
Police say the man appeared to be in a highly emotional, aggravated and violent state.
Because of the severity of risk, officers responded by deploying a taser to subdue the man.
Officers were then able to restrain the offender, once he had let go of the victim.
Both of the women in the home, a 24-year-old and a 52-year-old, were transported to hospital in stable condition.
A man who was also in the residence at the time of the incident was not injured.
Police have charged 27-year-old Jeffery Dajas with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon or imitation for a dangerous purpose, and uttering threats.
Dajas is known to police. Drugs and alcohol are not thought to be factors in the incident.
