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Backup offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks Chad Wheeler was arrested early Saturday morning on charges of domestic violence and the details on the incident are pretty distturbing.
According to the Seattle Times Wheeler was arrested after police responded to a 911 call from his girlfriend who told them she was being “killed.
” The police reportedly forced their way into the apartment after they heard screaming when they arrived and found Wheeler standing next to his distressed girlfriend inside the bathroom.Via Seattle Times
A Kent Police Department report said police responded to a call of a woman who was locked in a bathroom following a “physical fight” with her boyfriend.
The victim had called 911 to state that she was being “killed.” Police were advised that she had suffered a dislocated arm and was bleeding.
According to the report, when officers arrived they could hear screaming from inside the apartment, and after forcing their way in they heard more screaming from a bathroom. They forced their way in to the bathroom and found the victim and Wheeler. He was standing beside her, the report said
According to the police report Wheeler is accused of throwing his girlfriend on the bed and choking her until she lost consciousness because she refused to bow to him during an argument.
The report said the incident began when Wheeler asked the victim to bow to him, and when she did not he grabbed her and threw her on a bed.
The report said Wheeler then strangled the victim before she lost consciousness. The report also said when she regained consciousness, Wheeler was standing near the bed and said, “Wow you’re alive?”
The victim then ran into the bathroom where she called 911 and family, according to the report. Wheeler picked the lock on the door and entered before officers arrived.
Wheeler’s girlfriend took to Instagram to post pictures and provide horrific details of the incident. Apparently, Wheeler continued to eat dinner after he believed had strangled her to death.
The Seattle Seahawks released a brief statement on Monday night following the arrest where they said “We are aware of the situation and still gathering information.”
Wheeler is currently out on bail after the arrest.
