PRATT – Law enforcement authorities in Pratt County are investigating a case of domestic battery involving the city manager in Pratt.

Deputies from the Pratt County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a rural residence southeast of the city of Pratt on the report of an intoxicated man who was trying to harm family members, according to a media release from the Pratt County Sheriff’s office.

When they arrived, they made contact with two female victims in the residence, as well as David E. Howard, the Pratt City Manager.

He was arrested on two counts of domestic battery and is being held without bond in the Pratt County Jail.