A person attempting to rescue a neighbor from a violent assault in a Westminster house advanced was stabbed to demise early Saturday morning, authorities mentioned.
Alvaro Martin-Perez, 48, was attempting to intervene in a dispute between roommates when he was fatally stabbed, in line with Westminster Police Sgt. Jerad Kent.
“Mr. Perez’s actions had been nothing lower than heroic,” Westminster Police Chief Darin Lenyi mentioned in an announcement. “Tragically, his efforts to guard his neighbor price him his life.”
A suspect was arrested after he was detained by different neighbors.
“I’m certain there are a whole lot of grieving households in these flats at the moment,” Kent mentioned.
About 1 a.m, Westminster law enforcement officials responded to studies of a stabbing within the small Eighties-era house advanced within the 7300 block of twenty first Avenue. Upon their arrival, they discovered a number of house residents holding down the suspect, whom police recognized as Isaias Saquic-Saquic, 35, of Westminster.
“The investigation revealed that there had been an argument between Saquic-Saquic and one among his roommates, which escalated right into a bodily altercation,” Kent mentioned. Saquic-Saquic is suspected of stabbing his roommate a number of occasions with a knife, Kent mentioned.
Through the altercation Kent mentioned that Martin-Perez “tried to assist the sufferer outdoors of the house and was stabbed repeatedly.”
Different neighbors had been in a position to disarm the suspect and maintain him down till officers arrived, Kent mentioned.
The injured roommate, who was not recognized, was transferred to a hospital, the place he was handled for non-life threatening accidents.
Saquic-Saquic was being held in Orange County Jail on suspicion of 1 depend of homicide and one depend of tried homicide, Kent mentioned.
“I’ve little doubt his bravery saved the lifetime of others within the space,” Lenyi mentioned of Martin-Perez. “On behalf of the members of the Westminster Police Division, we prolong our deepest condolences to the sufferer’s household.”
