A Minnesota store clerk and neighborhood “fixer” was killed Friday when a crazed customer drove a golf club through his chest, police said.
Taylor Justin Schulz, 44, allegedly brought several items to the counter of Oak Grove Grocery, a small neighborhood store near downtown Minneapolis, shortly before 1 p.m. before launching the unprovoked attack.
Schulz stabbed the 66-year-old worker – identified by the public 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 be inside the store shortly after, said Skafte was conscious and alert despite the brutal injuries.
“He talked, he answered questions,” Gutoski told The Post.
“He told me the guy who came in earlier who was acting crazy and yelling about him came back and attacked him.”
Skafte was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Robert Skafte was killed after a customer drove a golf club through his torso. Facebook/Robert Skafte
Schulz was tracked down to an apartment across the street, where he had barricaded himself inside.
After a six-hour standoff with negotiators, a SWAT team, a drone unit and a bomb squad, the alleged attacker was taken into custody.
He was booked into the Hennepin County Jail on possible murder, records show.
Taylor Justin Schulz was arrested after a six-hour standoff with police. Minneapolis Police Department Skafte was conscious after the attack but died at the hospital. Facebook/Robert Skafte Skafte, a dancer, is remembered as a “complement” of the neighborhood. etc.-news
The motive for the gruesome attack remains under investigation, but Gutoski claims Schulz was just an “af–king lunatic” who called 911 before the attack demanding to speak to the FBI.
“It was a complete failure,” Gutoski said. “[Skafte] was a very good man, never hurt anybody and this guy just hit him with a golf club … He was a fixture in the neighborhood.”
Skafte was an avid dancer and well-known in the theater community, neighbors said.
A memorial decorated with candles, flowers and photos was erected outside the grocery store on Friday.
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