Man hit in head with vodka bottle

Ryan Carter

SOUTH SAN FERNANDO DISTRICT -- A 33-year-old Burbank man was seriously

injured Saturday after a 27-year-old Burbank man threw a Vodka bottle at

his head, police said.

The men were drinking in an apartment in the 200 block of West Elm

Avenue when the two began to argue over a 32-ounce drinking mug, Burbank

Police Sgt. Bill Taylor said.

The 33-year-old man swung the mug at the other, hitting him several

times with it in the head and then left, leaving the other man on the

kitchen floor with his head bleeding, Taylor said.

But the 27-year-old man got up and threw an empty bottle of vodka at

the man as he left, Taylor said.

The bottle hit him in the head.

The younger man was treated at a local hospital, released and arrested

on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.

The man hit in the head with the bottle was taken to County USC

Medical Center with a serious head injuries, but he was also booked on

suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, Taylor said.