NEW CASTLE, Pa. - A Slippery Rock man is behind bars, facing several charges, and a New Castle Police Officer is on administrative leave after a video of an alleged domestic violence arrest went viral. 

Forty-nine-year-old Perry Lawry is facing charges of simple assault, resisting arrest, and harassment after a domestic dispute call to police. 

The New Castle Police Department issued a release late Tuesday letting people know they were aware of a video on social media depicting the use of force by New Castle Police Officer Ronald Williams.

By Wednesday afternoon the video had been viewed more than 3 million times and was shared on Facebook over 85,000 times.

The department says the incident happened Tuesday, April 23rd at 5:34 p.m.

According to police, NCPD officers were sent to a residence for a domestic disturbance involving a Lawry, who had allegedly assaulted a juvenile male.

According to a criminal complaint, Officer Williams walked into the home to find Lawry and another officer wrestling on the floor. 

Ofcr. Williams' account in the criminal complaint says that the other officer advised that Lawry had attempted to run toward the kitchen and grab a knife

At that point, Officer Williams said he attempted to tase Lawry three times, but it made no impact. 

The criminal complaint alleges that Lawry continued to crawl toward the kitchen, at which point, Officer Williams said: "I did grab the male by the back of his shoulders and gave him three thrusts shoving his chest and head into the floor until he stopped resisting". 

The video which went viral on social media appears to show that altercation between Officer Williams and Lawry. 

The criminal complaint says that EMT was called to check Lawry over for a "laceration to his forehead caused from the floor."

According to police, Lawry was handcuffed and taken to UPMC Jameson Hospital, where he was treated for cuts to the head. The male was then released and taken to the Lawrence County Jail.

Lawry was scheduled to go to trial in May on unrelated charges of public drunkenness and harassment. 

The New Castle Police Department says they take every allegation of the use of force very seriously and were one of the first police departments in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to convene a Use of Force Board Hearing upon any allegation of force potentially outside NCPD policies and procedures. 

The Lawrence County Solicitor says a mugshot is not available for Lawry because he is considered a victim in the case, and special laws mandate the protection of victim rights in Lawrence County.