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Friday morning Jourdanton Police Department officers responded to a domestic situation that escalated to a situation with an edged weapon involved.
Upon arrival Jourdanton Officers, along with an Investigator from the 81st Judicial District Attorney’s Office could hear a fight in progress and yelling and screaming coming from inside the residence.
At the same time an individual who witnessed the incident told police that a male subject allegedly had a knife and was assaulting a female inside.
Police quickly found the suspect, Mark Dillard age 29, inside the residence and after interviewing witness and victims, placed Dillard under arrest for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon/Family Violence and Endangering a Child.
He was transported and remanded to the custody of the Atascosa County Jail.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic or family violence or sexual abuse, contact the Safer Path Family Crisis Shelter at 830-569-2001.
Their services are local and are free of charge.
The NCADV provides a comprehensive National Statistics Domestic Violence Fact Sheet, which includes the following data:
More than 10 million women and men are physically abused by an intimate partner each year in the U.S.
19% of domestic violence involves a weapon. The presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation increases the risk of homicide by 500%.
72% of all murder-suicides involve an intimate partner
94% of these victims are female.
1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year, and 90% of these children are eyewitnesses to this violence.
Call Safer Path Hotline 830-569-2001
#DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth
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