25-year-old Brittany Coombs called deputies to report her mother had assaulted her, and she displayed slight scratch marks on her face, chest, and arms. Responding deputies then interviewed the mother, Ann Coombs, who explained her daughter had pushed her and knocked her to the ground and began to strangle her, at which point she absolutely clawed and scratched while fighting back in self-defense. Ann Coombs had scratches on her body and marks where she appeared to have been strangled. Brittany Coombs was determined to be the primary aggressor and taken into custody for felony aggravated domestic assault.
