A 62-year-old man had been stabbed 10 times and was bleeding profusely when he called 911 on Friday morning.
“I just got stabbed by my roommate 10 times,” the victim screamed. “I am laying on the ground! I am bleeding like a (expletive)!”
Longmont police quickly responded as a 36-year-old man left on a bicycle wearing camouflage shorts, said Cmdr. Jeff Satur of the Longmont police.
Timothy James O’Connor was arrested at 7 p.m. Friday for investigation of attempted second-degree murder, aggravated robbery and first-degree assault after police received a tip, Satur said. He was being held in the Boulder County jail on $500,000 bail.
The caller, Tom Bever, was stabbed in the shoulder, back, chest and face, he said. He was seriously injured, but his condition has since improved.
A confrontation was apparently sparked when Bever gave O’Connor an eviction notice. Bever met the man at a homeless shelter 18 months ago and offered him a place to stay, Satur said.
The two men had argued before O’Connor allegedly pulled out a military-style knife with a blade described as being between 12 and 18 inches long.
Bever ran outside on Tyler Avenue as O’Connor allegedly continued to stab him. Bever got to a neighbor’s house.
Neighbor Kenny Beecher was in his home when he heard yelling, according to a report in the Longmont Times-Call.
He walked outside and saw the two men fighting in the yard. Beecher yelled at them, which made them stop, according to the newspaper report.
They separated, and O’Connor jumped on his bicycle and yelled “I love you” as he was riding away, Satur said.
Someone who may have seen or read news reports on the assault called police, who went to an apartment on National Place and arrested O’Connor without incident.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com
