(CNN) -- The mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was in stable condition Sunday at a Milwaukee hospital after he was attacked by a man with a metal pipe at the Wisconsin State Fair on Saturday night, police said.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was attacked at 10:45 p.m. at the state fair in West Allis, Wisconsin, as he was leaving the event with his family, according to Milwaukee police. Barrett heard a woman crying for help, according to a police statement and Patrice Harris, spokeswoman for the Wisconsin State Fair.
When Barrett began calling 911, the man who had been attacking the woman charged at him and began battering him with a metal pipe, the police statement and Harris said. "It's our understanding it was just a domestic disturbance and he had replied to someone's cries for help when he was attacked," Harris said.
Barrett was alert and talking when he arrived at the hospital for treatment, according to police. The woman involved in the incident was not injured. Milwaukee police are assisting West Allis authorities in trying to track down the suspect.
The bad boy's in custody, described by cops as a "knucklehead" who's a regular customer at the calaboose. |