I asked a LPD officer what he's willing to share waiting to hear back on some clarifying questions. He's pretty tight lipped about this so far. He said domestic assault is against an intimate partner. My words now, the strangulation is tied to the domestic assault charge, so it's against his intimate partner. If the strangulation was against a non-intimate partner it would be another charge of assault with strangulation.
Another LPD cop with 2nd hand information told me yesterday the victim was female, but couldn't confirm that and didn't look up the police report yet when he said that.