A Kalamazoo man who police say pistol-whipped his ex-girlfriend at a Comstock Township apartment complex was charged Wednesday with felony domestic violence, authorities said.
KALAMAZOO — A Kalamazoo man who police say pistol-whipped his ex-girlfriend at a Comstock Township apartment complex was charged Wednesday with felony domestic violence, authorities said.Troy Thomas Woodard, 29, was arraigned in Kalamazoo County District Court on one count of third-offense domestic violence, a court official said.
Troy Thomas WoodardKalamazoo County sheriff’s deputies arrested Woodard Tuesday after responding at about 3 p.m. to a report of a shooting at Comstock Village Apartments near Sprinkle Road and East H Avenue.
At the scene, deputies determined there had not been a shooting but a 36-year-old woman had been struck once on the forehead with a handgun, Undersheriff Pali Matyas said.
Matyas said Woodard had fled by the time deputies arrived but was later arrested near Gull and Nazareth roads.
Meanwhile, Matyas said police are searching for another man who, shortly after the incident at the apartment complex, walked into Approved Cash Advance, 5145 Gull Road, and threw a chunk of concrete that struck a 29-year-old clerk in the chest and shoulder.
While their investigation of the two incidents continued Wednesday, Matyas said the clerk at the cash-advance store, a woman, was in a relationship with Woodard and police believe it is a possibility that the man threw the concrete at her in retaliation for Woodard committing the earlier assault.
“We think that’s what might have happened,” Matyas said. “It’s safe to say it appears to be related.”
Both women were treated at Borgess Medical Center and released.
Woodard is scheduled to be back in court Dec. 22 for a hearing on evidence against him in the domestic violence case. A court official had no information Wednesday on whether Woodard was held on bond after his arraignment.
