BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — A Battle Creek man is facing charges for allegedly hitting his wife in the head with a hammer.
The victim is reported in critical condition. Police say she was attacked during a domestic dispute at about 7:30 a.m. Sunday at the couple’s home in the 100 block of North Union Street.
Battle Creek police responded to a call from her husband that the 45-year-old female was seriously injured during the altercation.
The woman was taken to the intensive trauma care unit at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. The husband was taken into custody and booked into the Calhoun County Corrections Center.
He’s expected to be formally charged on Monday.
– John McNeill