Man Arrested Following Wednesday Morning Assault On Two People

LINCOLN–(KFOR June 21)–An assault early Wednesday morning in Lincoln’s Near South neighborhood.

Police were called to the area of 14th and “A”, after a report of a 63-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman banging on doors in the neighborhood after being assaulted. The woman told officers they were assaulted by Brandon Heard.

Lincoln Police Sgt. Chris Vollmer says Heard allegedly hit both victims in the face and after the woman fell to the ground, Heard apparently stomped on her chest possibly breaking some ribs.

Heard was later found at his home near 16th and Washington and was arrested for 2nd degree assault and resisting arrest.