"Based on field interviews and evidence at the scene" the police believe Darr was the aggressor. Please Register Guard, stop calling attacks where one person, usually male, attacks a woman as "disputes".  A dispute implies two people and mutuality; most domestic violence assaults are not "mutual" in any way and most women aren't able to defend themselves successfully in this way as they know it may bring on even worse violence,  or even death. It appears from what the police report that perhaps a "good for her" is in order for defending herself and perhaps a small child from a very drunk and abusive man.