The assailant, Taylor Justin Schulz, 44, reportedly walked up to the counter at a charming local store near downtown Minneapolis and carried out the unprovoked and deadly assault.
From New York Post:
Schulz impaled the 66-year-old employee — identified by the community as dancer Robert Skafte — “through the torso” with the club before fleeing the building, the Minneapolis Police Department said.
Neighbor Tony Gutoski, who happened to walk into the store in the immediate aftermath, said Skafte was conscious and alert despite the brutal injuries.
“He was speaking, he answered questions,” Gutoski told The Post.
“He told me the dude that came in earlier that was acting crazy and yelling about s–t came back and attacked him.”
Skafte was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
A motive for the brutal slaying remains elusive, but members of the community describe Schulz as simply "a f***ing crazy person." Apparently, he had been making 911 calls and insisting on talking to the FBI just one day before the attack.
