Police were called to a Salem apartment early Sunday morning after a man stabbed a woman, turned the knife on himself and then barricaded them both inside the home.

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Deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s office responded to the apartment, located in the 3900 block of Iberis Street N.E. just before 6:30 a.m. Sunday.

When officers attempted to make contact with the injured man and woman, the man barricaded both of them inside a bedroom, held the female hostage and refused to come out, investigators said.

After attempting to negotiate with the man, police forced their way into the bedroom and took 28-year-old Simon Orozco Garcia into custody.

Both Garcia and his female victim were transported to Salem Memorial Hospital where they were treated for their injuries.