A woman called 911 early on a Saturday morning and told dispatchers to send help but not call back. When officers arrived, they found her running toward them, saying she’d been choked until she stopped breathing.

The suspect, Savon Lamonte Brown, 32, of White Bear Lake faces three felony counts: threats of violence, domestic assault and domestic assault by strangulation.

Officers responded around 1 a.m. on March 14 to a home on Eugene Street in White Bear Lake. The victim ran toward them and told officers Brown had strangled her until she lost consciousness. Brown was behind her near the residence.