SLO man arrested after stabbing woman in domestic violence assault, police say
A San Luis Obispo man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of stabbing a woman in a domestic violence incident, the San Luis Obispo Police Department said.
At about 2:35 p.m. Thursday, a police officer responded to a local hospital for the report of a domestic violence victim who was being treated for a non-life threatening knife wound and other injuries, according to a police news release.
An investigation revealed that Ryan O’Hara, 39, allegedly assaulted the woman at their shared residence on the 1600 block of Toro Street in San Luis Obispo.
She told police that O’Hara was in possession of a firearm and had made statements earlier that day about “using his gun to avoid going back to prison if confronted by police,” the release said.
“Additional investigators responded to the residence where O’Hara was believed to be located,” police said. ”At 7:30 p.m. (Thursday), O’Hara was seen coming out of the residence. As O’Hara entered his vehicle, the waiting officers were able to detain him without incident.”
Police found a 12-gauge shotgun that had been taken out of a storage area and was “loaded and staged in a manner that led investigators to believe O’Hara’s prior statements about his use of a firearm,” the release said.
O’Hara was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence, false imprisonment and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
O’Hara is listed in San Luis Obispo County Jail custody in lieu of $500,000 bail.
This story was originally published April 3, 2020 at 4:11 PM.
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