A man who allegedly attempted to drown his grandmother in the toilet
after she asked him to turn down his music has been arrested on a charge
of attempted murder, police in Springfield, Oregon, have said.
Police responded to a report of a woman crying for help on Sunday night
at an apartment complex.
Police say 24-year-old Isiah Vickery was temporarily living with his grandmother in her Springfield apartment. According to the investigation, when she asked him to turn his music down, he turned violent. "Basically attacked her and tried to strangle her, " says Detective Sgt. David Lewis with the Springfield Police Department. "What she described as trying to break her neck."
Sgt. Lewis says the 65-year-old tried to fight off her grandson. That's when police say he tried to drown her, first in the toilet, and then the bathtub.
Police say neighbors called for help. When they arrived on scene, Sgt.
Lewis says she had hair pulled out, and appeared shaken and frightened.
"She told the officer at the scene that she thought he for sure he was
going to a kill her," added Lewis.
According to police, Vickery ran before police arrived.
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