AX ATTACK INJURES MOTHER, 2-YEAR-OLD.Byline: Steven J. Gorman Daily News Staff Writer A man with an ax burst into a Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. home Saturday and chased a woman and her 2-year-old daughter into the street, where he attacked the mother with the ax and snatched the child before police subdued sub·due tr.v. sub·dued, sub·du·ing, sub·dues 1. To conquer and subjugate; vanquish. See Synonyms at defeat. 2. To quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make tractable. 3. him. The mother, 33, whose name was not released, was hospitalized in critical condition with wounds from numerous ax blows, said Sgt. Frank Fabrega of the Santa Monica Police Department. Her 2-year-old daughter was listed in serious condition with an 8-inch cut to her left leg. The suspect, Kenneth Wisinskis, 23, was described by police as an transient and ``acquaintance'' of the family. He was jailed on suspicion of attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. , kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. , burglary and several other felonies, Fabrega said. No bond has been set. Police officers called to the scene in the 2200 block of Pearl Street near Santa Monica College Santa Monica College was first opened in 1929 as Santa Monica Junior College. Current enrollment is 32,000 students in more than 90 fields of study. The college also has one of the largest international student populations of any community college in the US, with approximately found the suspect repeatedly striking the woman with a large ax while she lay on the sidewalk A Microsoft service that was launched in 1997 to provide online arts and entertainment guides on the Web for major cities worldwide. In 1999, Microsoft sold Sidewalk to Ticketmaster, which continued to provide guides, ticketing and other information to the MSN network. a few doors from her home, Fabrega said. As the officers intervened, the man grabbed the child and ran north on 23rd Street, carrying the girl with the ax held at her throat, Fabrega said. After a brief chase, ``police officers surrounded the suspect and swarmed him, rescuing the child and restraining the suspect,'' Fabrega said. He said the attack began when the suspect used the ax to break into the victims' house through the side door. Family members and visitors ran out of the home, with the man pursuing the mother down Pearl Street. Fabrega said the motive for the attack was not immediately clear, nor was the suspect's connection to the family. |
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