CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cleveland man is accused of pistol-whipping a woman, stomping on her head and dragging her out of an apartment building, where he left her, according to police.

Charles Linder Jr., 45, is charged with felonious assault and kidnapping in the March 4 incident. He is being held in the city jail until his first court appearance, which has not been scheduled.

The woman remains unconscious at MetroHealth nearly a month later, according to court records.

The attack happened in an apartment in the 2600 block of Cedar Avenue near the Carnegie Avenue exit of Interstate 90.

Linder attacked the woman inside a third-floor apartment, according to court records. He dragged her down three flights of stairs into the courtyard, where he pistol-whipped her, court records say.

Officers arrived to the apartment complex's courtyard and found the woman unconscious on the ground with a fired bullet casing next to her. The officers also recovered a jacket and single tennis shoe found at the scene as evidence, the report says.

A neighbor told police that she heard a commotion outside and looked to see a man and woman arguing, the report says.

The neighbor heard a man say "You should have never stole from me," which was followed by a single gunshot, the police report says.

Medical staff told police that the woman did not suffer any gunshot wounds. Police said the gun fired after the pistol-whipping.

Doctors there said she suffered blunt force trauma to her head, according to the police report.

Linder has seven felony drug convictions and one robbery conviction dating back to 1989.

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