After pounding on the door and windows for several minutes, the officers ask the manager to open the door. He brings a crowbar in case the keys don't work. As the door opens, the officers draw their guns. When the officers find the man, he is asleep in his bedroom at the back of the residence. The radio was turned on, and he said he never heard the officers knocking or shouting.
Police learn that the assault started when the couple began to argue in their home.
The female suspect, who allegedly had bitten her husband on the arm, was taken into custody and spent the night in the Washtenaw County Jail. The suspect is later released after being questioned by DPS officers. As the west side of the city sleeps, officers begin to move to the downtown area of Ann Arbor as bar-hoppers make their way home. Driving through downtown Ann Arbor to watch for crowds, officer Majewski stops to check on an accident to which another AAPD officer is attending. The driver in the accident alleges a man had jumped onto the hood of his car and punched the windshield.