YPSILANTI, MI – An Ypsilanti man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend, pointed a gun at her and stole her car, police say.

Police responded to a home in the 200 block of Olive Street at 1:20 a.m. Dec. 24 for a report of a woman who had flagged down a passing Eastern Michigan University Department of Public Safety patrol car and told officers she was just assaulted by her boyfriend, according to the Ypsilanti Police Department.

The woman told officers her boyfriend pointed a gun at her during an altercation and she was able to fight him off and take the gun away from him, police said.

The boyfriend took the woman’s vehicle and drove away before she flagged down the passing officer, police said.

The boyfriend was later located and arrested and the woman’s vehicle was returned, police said.

Additional details about the incident are unavailable.

The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ypsilanti Police Department at 734-483-9510.