WINONA, Minn. – A Winona man gave up and came out a house where he had been holed up, his leg bleeding. The arrest ended a 1-1/2-hour drama that began with a domestic assault. The man’s wound, police said, was self-inflicted and deep. The man, age 36, was reported recovering at the hospital. The arrest was about 6:40 a.m. in the 350 block of East Sanborn Street. Earlier the man’s girlfriend was taken to the hospital with serious injuries from a beating. This is what happened, as best as police could reconstruct events:
> The boyfriend climbed into bed and began beating the woman.
> She fled the house and called 911 as she ran. This was about 5:20 a.m.
> Police found the woman on the street near Sanborn and Liberty streets, the next street over, and called an ambulance.
> She had significant facial injuries — a swollen nose, bleeding from her mouth, and a swollen eye.
> Police went to the assault address and rapped on the door. There was no response, but police saw a man through an upstairs window with a knife.
> Police repeatedly commanded the man to come out.
> About 6:40 a,m he did so and yielded to arrest without resistance..> An ambulance took the man to the hospital for the leg wound.
Police believed alcohol was involved. The man, police said, could face elevated domestic assault charges because of a previous conviction.