A Ruston man is in custody after he allegedly attempted to kill his girlfriend last week in an encounter at a West Barnett Springs Avenue apartment.
Ruston Police arrested Christian Jonathan Diaz, 26, on a warrant Sunday after he was discharged from a Monroe hospital for reported self-inflicted wounds.
RPD received a 911 call from a child early Saturday morning. When officers arrived at the scene, the victim said she awoke to find Diaz standing over her. According to police, Diaz produced a knife and threatened to kill the woman.
When officers confronted Diaz, he allegedly turned the knife on himself. Diaz was taken first to Northern Louisiana Medical Center and later transferred to Ochsner LSU Health Center in Monroe..
Diaz was booked into the Lincoln Parish Detention Center Sunday afternoon for attempted first degree murder, aggravated battery, domestic abuse aggravated assault, and four counts of resisting an officer.
Bail had not been set as of Thursday morning with a Gwen’s Law hearing pending.
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