A 25-year-old Fort Morgan man remained in serious condition at Denver Health Medical Center Wednesday night, after taking an ax blow to the head in an fight the night before.
Fermin Perez was taken by ambulance to Colorado Plains Medical Center with a life-threatening head injury then airlifted to Denver for emergency surgery.
Jose Barron, 25, was arrested early Wednesday for investigation of first-degree assault after the 8:25 p.m. attack at Pagel’s Trailer Court, 16220 Road 19, Morgan County Sheriff Jim Crone said.
Sheriff’s deputies were called to the trailer court after the fight in which Perez was struck in the head with an ax, he said. When authorities arrived, Perez wasn’t breathing.
A search began involving deputies, Fort Morgan police and state investigators, Crone said. Barron was found in a car in the 15000 block of Road 13 at 1:30 a.m., he said.
He is being held in the Morgan County Jail without bail, Crone said.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com
