The Brownwood Police Department issued the following press release Friday morning:

On Thursday, October 22, 2020, at approximately 5 p.m., officers were called to an apartment in the area of 1500 Terrace Dr. regarding a report of a fight in progress that possibly involved a knife.  While officers were traveling to that location, it was reported that a vehicle was leaving the scene.

Upon arrival, officers were directed by witnesses to an apartment where the fight originated.  Officers met with the apartment occupant and identified him as 53-year-old Adam Marquez Galindo of Brownwood.  Blood was observed scattered around the porch and sidewalk of the apartment and on Mr. Galindo himself.  Officers interviewed Mr. Galindo and learned that an argument began involving family matters and escalated into a physical fight wherein a knife was produced at some point.  Mr. Galindo was fighting with his wife’s daughter and her boyfriend who fled the scene in a vehicle.  Officers were able to locate the daughter and boyfriend and interview them as well.

It was learned that the argument originated inside the apartment and the daughter and boyfriend proceeded to their vehicle where the argument became physical.  A knife was produced and the boyfriend and Mr. Galindo both sustained injuries that may require stitches.  All injuries were considered minor. 

At the conclusion of all interviews and after gathering physical evidence, Mr. Galindo was arrested on 2 counts of Aggravated Assault Against a Family Member involving a Deadly Weapon.