A Ramsey man is charged with hitting a man in the forehead with a gun after the man stepped in while he was pointing the gun at a woman’s head, according to a criminal complaint.
Alexander John Brassard, 30, faces two felony counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, one of them for causing substantial bodily harm. The complaint was issued Oct. 20 in Anoka County District Court.
According to the complaint, Ramsey police were called Oct. 17 to an apartment complex in the city on a report of an assault. The man who called had an obvious injury to his face and was bleeding heavily.
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He told officers he had been spending time with Brassard and a woman when the two of them argued and Brassard pointed a gun at her head, the complaint says. When he intervened, Brassard hit him in the forehead with the gun, he told police. He then left the apartment and called police.
