On Monday, May 9, 2022, Police responded to a 911 after a Knoxville man assaulted his mother and destroyed his grandmother’s oxygen machine while she was calling 911. Dontae Hammond, 20, apparently was angry and yelling and pinned his mother to the kitchen table. When she was able to escape from him he allegedly threw her onto the couch, grabbed her by the throat, and slammed her head into the wall. Police said Hammond then went towards his grandmother, who was calling 911 for help. According to the report, he “forcefully” took her phone away from her while she was speaking with emergency personnel. The report also states that afterward, he cut the line to her oxygen tank and broke the machine into multiple pieces. The police report also shared that both women feared he would kill them.

Hammond was charged with aggravated assault, domestic assault, interference with emergency calls and vandalism.

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