36-year-old Ryan Delgadillo had a domestic incident with his girlfriend, Elizabeth McCormick, inside their unit at The Reeve apartments on 40th Avenue North in the early hours of August 11th. Responding officers spoke with Delgadillo, who stated that he and McCormick had a verbal altercation. Delgadillo told officers that her mood swings had been erratic. Delgadillo kept repeating that there was no physical contact between him and McCormick. During their interaction, officers observed Delgadillo to be calm but highly intoxicated. He then told them that he and McCormick had been sharing a bottle of vodka since 5 p.m. the day before. Delgadillo also could not articulate specific statements McCormick made or explain why the argument started.
Then, the police spoke with McCormick, who alleged that Delgadillo assaulted her. McCormick stated that Delgadillo strangled her repeatedly while slamming her head against the floor of their apartment and told her, “I will kill you!” McCormick further explained that Delgadillo used both hands to strangle her and that she believed he was going to kill her. She added that she may have lost consciousness at one point “for no more than five minutes.” Officers noticed McCormick had bloodshot eyes, a swollen left eye, redness on her neck, and scrapes on both of her legs. McCormick later claimed she sustained the injuries through her and Delgadillo’s dispute. Officers deemed Delgadillo the primary aggressor and detained him for the occurrence. Delgadillo was taken into custody for aggravated assault.