Detectives are investigating after two off-duty law enforcement officials stepped in when a woman allegedly started attacking her boyfriend with a baseball bat, San Diego Sheriff’s officials said.
The incident happened at 5:31 p.m. Saturday on the 10400 block of Cuyamaca Street in Santee when an off-duty Sheriff’s lieutenant and her husband, an off-duty police sergeant with the National City Police Department, saw a car try to run over a man, Sheriff’s officials said.
Both of lieutenant and sergeant called for assistance on their work radio. A nearby citizen also called 911 for help.
The woman, identified as Jennifer Rebecca McKee, allegedly tried to run over the man, later identified as her boyfriend, with her car multiple times but failed, officials said. It was then that the McKee allegedly took a baseball bat and attacked her boyfriend with the bat.
The pair of law enforcement officials got involved when they feared for the man’s life. The lieutenant identified herself as law enforcement and pointed a gun at the woman, ordering her to the ground.
McKee grabbed the lieutenant’s gun and a shot was fired, but no one was hit or hurt. It is unclear who fired the weapon.
There was a struggle for the weapon, but the lieutenant took control of the gun. The sergeant, who went to help the victim, came back to help the lieutenant and used a Taser on McKee. She was then handcuffed and arrested.
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McKee was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, spousal abuse and assault on a peace officer. She will be booked into the Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility.
Sheriff's deputies are investigating. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Homicide Detail at (858) 974-2321.
