With the Newport Beach City Council set to consider the fate of its city attorney, a 911 call captured the moments after David Hunt allegedly struck his wife.
An unidentified woman’s voice can be heard saying “lock the door” at one point during the recording. The panicked 16-year-old son of Hunt told a 911 dispatcher that his father “just went crazy” and pushed his mother before his arrest on suspicion of felony spousal abuse last weekend, according to a recording of the call released by Santa Ana police.
“Hi, my dad just went crazy,” the 16-year-old said in the 911 recording obtained by the Daily Pilot. “He pushed my mom down and started going after my brother.”
Police claim Hunt, 52, was arguing with his 18-year-old son when his wife, 49, tried to intervene. He was arrested after police responded to a family disturbance at his Santa Ana home the night of March 14.
Hunt allegedly hit his wife, police said, causing her to fall and cut her arm on a table. She also hit her head on a tile floor, causing a large bump, police said. The woman was treated and released from an area hospital after the incident.
Hunt’s 16-year-old son called 911 from a separate building off of the family’s main residence the night of the scuffle.
— Brianna Bailey
Photo: Santa Ana Police Department