Police arrest Hopkinsville man for hitting a woman with a hammer

Hopkinsville Police arrested 43-year-old Leon Davie of Hopkinsville after he reportedly struck a female victim with a hammer during an altercation on Saturday.

Officers were dispatched to a residence near the intersection of North Fowler and North McPherson Avenues, and once they arrived at the scene, Davie was witnessed fleeing. Officers later apprehended him reportedly smelled alcohol on him.

The victim reportedly told officers, that Davie and her boyfriend began to argue and she grabbed Davie’s hands to try and deescalate the altercation, but he ended up hitting her in the head with the hammer.

Davie was charged with first-degree assault, tampering with physical evidence, third-degree fleeing or evading police and alcohol intoxication in a public place.