Authorities in southwestern Minnesota are investigating a deadly altercation that occurred New Year’s Eve at a bar in Windom.
According to Windom Police Chief Scott Peterson, officers were dispatched shortly before midnight Tuesday to the Phat Pheasant Pub following a report of two people stabbed.
Upon arrival at the bar on Minnesota 60, officers found two men, ages 30 and 31, with stab wounds. The 30-year-old was later pronounced dead at the Windom hospital.
A suspect, a 26-year-old man from San Diego, was identified by witnesses and taken into custody. He was treated for minor injuries at the Worthington hospital and is currently being held at the Cottonwood County jail.
On Thursday, the Cottonwood County Citizen reported that family identified the fatally injured victim as Benjamin Matter, a Windom resident and father of two young children.
Peterson cited an “active investigation” into the altercation and stabbing and said that more information would be released later. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is assisting Windom police.
In August 2021, the Phat Pheasant was the scene of another fatal altercation.
After skipping his February 2023 trial in Cottonwood County District Court, the 58-year-old murder suspect was convicted in absentia of putting the victim in a fatal chokehold. Following a 10-day manhunt, he was found dead on public property in Minneapolis. An autopsy determined he died of natural causes.
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