MINNEAPOLIS – A man suspected of stabbing a grocery clerk fatally with a broken-off golf club was arrested after a six-hour stand-off at his 16th floor apartment across the street. Arrested was Taylor Schulz, 44. He was booked for second-degree murder. In the assault, grocery clerk Robert Skafte was beaten with a golf club at the check-out counter and then impaled through his torso with the splintered club. Police tracked Schulz to his apartment. After six hours of negotiations, he surrendered. Court documents show Schulz has a history mental issues. He was committed for mental illness treatment in in Anoka County in 2021. Currently he was facing eviction from his Oak Grove apartment unit. He was already the subject of a person-in-crisis welfare check after he called 911 “to speak to the FBI” but refused to give further information.”
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