According to Huashang, a local website, Song arrived at the home of Gao Aiqin, a 54-year-old woman, at seven o'clock in the morning while she was cooking. "He was outside calling my name," she said. When she emerged from her house, she saw him holding an axe, which he used to hit her with on the head. With blood streaming down her face, she "quickly went back inside, bolting the door. Eventually he went away".