A male complainant told officers that he was having a party when a neighbor, Ma, asked him to turn his music down. Ma then reportedly entered the apartment without invitation. Ma reportedly grabbed a knife in the apartment and held it to his throat, saying “Kill me, kill me,” Capt. Qualters said.
Ma then waved the knife around in the kitchen and couldn’t be contained by the party’s attendees. A male attempted to calm him down in the apartment’s living room, then Ma struck the man’s girlfriend in the left side of her face with his fist and punched and kicked the man, Capt. Qualters said. The woman reportedly had a visible injury and swelling on her face.
Ma sat in front of the apartment door and wouldn’t leave until he was forced out. When officers arrived and talked to Ma, he said he had gone downstairs to ask them to turn down their music when one of the men at the party said “Fuck you,” Capt. Qualters said.
Ma reportedly denied ever punching anyone or picking up a knife, but the clothing he was wearing matched the description the complainant provided, Capt. Qualters said.
Andy Wittry
