A woman was slashed in the face with a meat cleaver at a residential hotel in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood on Thursday evening, a police spokesman said today.
5:03 PM: A man arrested for slashing a woman in the face with a meat cleaver at a residential hotel in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood Thursday evening has been identified by police as 51-year-old Lance Gaines.
Gaines was arrested following the attack reported around 7:55 p.m. Thursday in the first block of Sixth Street, police said.
The 54-year-old victim got into an argument with a suspect in her apartment, and the suspect picked up the meat cleaver and used it to strike her several times, causing lacerations to her face and upper torso, police spokesman Sgt. Mike Andraychak said.
She was taken to San Francisco General Hospital to be treated for her injuries, which are not considered life-threatening, Andraychak said.
The suspect fled but was later taken into custody by officers at Sixth and Jessie streets and identified as Gaines, according to police.
He allegedly still had the meat cleaver when he was arrested, and was identified as the attacker by both the victim and a witness who was also in the apartment at the time, Andraychak said.
Gaines was booked into county jail on suspicion of attempted murder and aggravated assault, he said.
10:06 AM: A woman was slashed in the face with a meat cleaver at a residential hotel in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood on Thursday evening, a police spokesman said today.
The attack was reported around 7:55 p.m. in the first block of Sixth Street, where the 54-year-old victim got into an argument with a man in her apartment, police spokesman Sgt. Mike Andraychak said.
The suspect then picked up the meat cleaver and used it to strike the woman several times, causing lacerations to her face and upper torso. She was taken to San Francisco General Hospital to be treated for her injuries, which are not considered life-threatening, Andraychak said.
The 51-year-old suspect fled but was later taken into custody by officers at Sixth and Jessie streets and allegedly had the meat cleaver with him, according to Andraychak. The man’s name was not immediately being released this morning, he said.
After the victim and a witness also in the apartment during the incident identified the man as the attacker, he was booked into county jail on suspicion of attempted murder and aggravated assault, Andraychak said.
Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
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