Deputies Stun Rampaging Man, Save a Life

Update, 2:22 p.m.: Lindner has been booked into Santa Cruz County Jail, and according to the Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office, his two stabbing victims are expected to recover from their injuries. Detectives continue to look into the motive behind the incident. 

Update, 12:31 p.m.: Christopher Lindner has not yet been booked into Santa Cruz County Jail as officers are still interviewing him regarding Tuesday morning's attempted double homicide. Sheriff's Deputy April Skalland said that a motive for the incident is not yet known.

Original Report: Santa Cruz Sheriff's deputies saved at least one life Tuesday morning when they responded to a call at an RV park on the 2500 block of Portola Road in Live Oak. 

When they arrived, they found a man choking his wife, prompting Deputy Pat Dimick to use a taser to get him off of her. Dimick then took the man into custody, according to Sheriff's Deputy April Skalland.

Shortly before 7 a.m., the man, Christopher Lindner, 45, had stabbed his 13-year-old daughter inside her mouth and also slashed his 36-year-old wife's face with a knife. The daughter was able to escape to a community bathroom in the RV park where she called 911 with her cell phone, Skalland said.

The two victims as well as Lindner were transported to the hospital for treatment of their injuries. Skalland said Lindner will soon be taken to jail from the hospital and has been charged with two counts of attempted homicide.

Lindner, who is disabled and does not work, will likely be in court for a preliminary hearing by the end of the week, according to Skalland. 

This comes just four days after a between two men believed to be fighting over one woman. 

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