FOUR YEAR SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT VETERAN REX WAS TRYING TO TAKE DOWN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUSPECT AT A RESIDENCE ON BARCELONA SOUTHWEST LAST(SUN) NIGHT. SHERIFF MANNY GONZALES SAYS THE MAN, OSCAR VALADEZ, STABBED REX THREE TIMES IN THE TORSO AND HIT HIM SEVERAL TIMES ON THE HEAD WITH A BASEBALL BAT.
HE SAYS VALADEZ TRIED TO RUN, BUT WAS TASED AND BEAN-BAGGED. HE THEN TRIED TO STAB HIMSELF IN THE NECK, AND WAS AGAIN TASED AND BEAN-BAGGED.
GONZALES SAYS VALADEZ FACES NUMEROUS CHARGES AND HAS AN EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY. HE TELLS US REX UNDERWENT SURGERY AND APPEARS TO BE RESPONSIVE. REX IS A SIX YEAR OLD BELGIAN MALINOIS.
