Couple Hospitalized After Taser Takes Down Slasher

"SAN JUAN, TX — Police continue to investigate a divorce dispute that escalated into attempted murder/suicide, authorities say.

"Early Sunday morning, San Juan police responded to the 1500 block of Scotty Street, where a woman was stabbed 24 times in her front yard by her husband, who then turned the knife on himself, driving it repeatedly into his own body, said San Juan police Chief Juan Gonzalez. Both were at a local hospital under guard.

"A neighbor even got a machete and tried to intervene to save the victim, Gonzalez said.

"Police officers found the man hiding under the house when he became confrontational, trying to get police to shoot him in what is known as `suicide by cop.` Instead, one officer used a Taser to take the man down.

"`It was a very bad crime scene,` Gonzalez said as he congratulated his officers. `They were able to control and subdue a difficult subject without discharging their firearms.`"

From The Monitor...