Police helped Nashville woman get an order of protection and drove her home. Within hours, officers found her in her backyard with extensive injuries to her head and face

A man in Nashville allegedly hit a woman with a hammer after she obtained a protection order against the accused. The victim sustained multiple injuries and is currently recovering in a hospital.

Police were called for the second time to the residence that day

Metro Nashville Police arrested 38-year-old Ross Peterson in Hot Springs and plan to bring him back to Nashville to charge him with aggravated assault, harassment and theft of property, per WSMV.

Investigators found that Peterson was in a romantic relationship with the victim, but they recently broke it off, as shared by Jaden Mills, the husband of the victim’s sister. He lived with the victim and his wife in their Crieve Hall home.

Metro Nashville Police Department officers responded to the home on Saturday, October 17, around 7:15 a.m., with reports of an unresponsive woman…

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