The San Francisco Police Department has obtained an arrest warrant for former Oakland Raiders linebacker Aldon Smith after he was identified as the aggressor in a domestic violence incident Saturday, according to The Associated Press.
Smith was released by the Raiders on Monday.
"The department is working with Mr. Smith's legal counsel to arrange a day and time for Mr. Smith to surrender himself and to be processed for the warrant," police said in a statement obtained by Emily Shapiro of ABC News. "Mr. Smith would then be subject to future court proceedings."
Sgt. Michael Andraychak told the AP that the linebacker faces misdemeanor charges of willful infliction of corporal injury, assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury, false imprisonment, and vandalism.
Smith's fiancee, Shawna McKnight, said she was the victim in the incident but wouldn't comment on it further. In 911 audio, the dispatcher told police that Smith threw McKnight around the room and bit her on the wrist. He fled the scene before police arrived, according to Andraychak.
McKnight said Smith called her parents after the altercation and asked them to check him into a rehab facility, and her parents complied with the request.
