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Broomfield Bar Stabbing Kills Man
Man Held On Murder Charges
POSTED: 9:29 am MDT August 22, 2010
UPDATED: 1:27 pm MDT August 23, 2010
BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- Police said a man died early Sunday morning after being stabbed in a bar fight in Broomfield.Scott Swenson, spokesman for the Broomfield Police Department, said officers responded to U.S. 287 and Midway Boulevard. shortly before 2 a.m. on a report of a stabbing.A 31-year-old man was discovered to have been stabbed in the torso with a knife, and police said, he died later at an area hospital.
On Monday, the Adams County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 31-year-old Matias Mondragon. The office said Mongragon was a resident of Ranchos de Taos, NM. The autopsy report listed the cause of death as a single stab wound.Swenson said the victim had been involved in a fight earlier at the Night Owl Lounge at 2000 W Midway Blvd. Police identified a suspect who had left the scene and arrested Matt Joe Weber, 30, of Arvada. He is being held on first-degree murder charges, Swenson said.
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