ATTEMPTED MURDER IN HIXTON
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 -- 3:07 PM
A Jackson County man faces attempted murder charges for hitting another man in the head with a sledgehammer.30-year-old Brandon Chandler from Ettrick is charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery after allegedly hitting Alexander Hanson in the head with a sledgehammer early Sunday morning.
The assault allegedly happened in Hixton.
Investigators believe the altercation started when another man broke a window in the home Chandler was in. I fight ensued and Hanson tried to break it up. Chandler fought with Hanson, eventually hitting him in the head with the sledgehammer. Hanson was later airlifted to a hospital for what doctor?s say is a skull fracture.
Chandler is in jail Tuesday night on a $50,000 bond.
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