BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man is behind bars and a woman remains hospitalized following a brutal assault in the city's Lovejoy neighborhood.

Julian Taylor, 31, was arrested on multiple charges after police report that he used a shovel to violently assault his girlfriend.

According to multiple police reports obtained by WIVB News 4, the incident occurred shortly after 8 p.m., Thursday, July 31 when first responders were called to Greene Street for reports of an assault.

The police reports state Taylor punched and hit the victim before grabbing a shovel which he then used to beat her in the head with, causing multiple, severe lacerations, skull fractures, and brain bleeds.

A witness to the incident, who intervened after the assault to help the victim, agreed to speak with WIVB New

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