WEST VALLEY CITY — An argument while singing karaoke at a party escalated into a violent knife and hammer attack, police say.
Anh Hoang Ly, 52, of Salt Lake City, was charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court with two counts of aggravated assault resulting in serious injury, a second-degree felony; two counts of threatening to use a weapon in a fight, a class A misdemeanor; public intoxication, a class C misdemeanor; and disorderly conduct, an infraction.
A man was attending a party Saturday near 4100 West and 4100 South when he and Ly got into an argument that “arose during karaoke and drinking,” according to charging documents. Ly challenged both the man and his girlfriend to “go outside to fight, but both victims declined.”…