Police: Ex-boyfriend attacks woman with hammer in Wilsonville apartment

Editor’s Note: If you or anyone you know is experiencing domestic violence, you are encouraged to call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A man is in custody on assault charges after attacking his ex-girlfriend with a hammer inside her Wilsonville apartment, according to Wilsonville police and the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities responded to the Terrene at the Grove apartment complex on SW Parkway Avenue just before 10 p.m. on Feb. 28 after receiving a domestic disturbance call.

When deputies arrived, they found a woman who reported that she had been assaulted by her ex-boyfriend — 41-year-old Steven Michael Hir of Scappoose — after he broke into her apartment by smashing a rear door, according to CCSO.

Officials said the woman ran to a neighbor’s apartment to call for help and was taken to the hospital with multiple serious injuries. Hir was not at the scene when law enforcement arrived.

On March 3, Hir was arrested in Portland and booked into Clackamas County Jail on charges of second-degree assault, fourth-degree assault, strangulation, first-degree burglary, unlawful use of a weapon, menacing, and harassment.