A woman on Monday morning told police a domestic incident escalated into the man involved pointing a gun at the vehicle she used to escape.

The woman reported she was sleeping on a couch at a residence in the 1500 block of North 52nd Street when a man came in after drinking. She said he sat on her and would not get up when she told him to. They both fell to the floor, the report states.

She said the man then choked her until she couldn't breathe. She was able to break free and stand up, but the man began to shove her until they were both in the bathroom. he then pushed her and she fell and hit her head on the soap rack in the shower, the report states.

Once the woman had fallen, the man began to choke her again, she said. She said she broke free, ran out the door, jumped into his car and began to drive off. The man followed her out the door with a pistol and aimed it at the car, she said.