A New York man is behind bars after a downstairs apartment neighbor called the police when blood started leaking from his ceiling.
On Saturday, Utica Police units were dispatched to an address on the 100 block of Eagle St relative to a call of possible blood leaking from the ceiling.
As the officers arrived, they spoke with the original caller and noticed that it was blood that was coming from the ceiling to his floor.
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Based on this, the officers went to the apartment above to conduct a welfare check.
Upon arrival at that apartment, the officers knocked and announced themselves.
Police say a man exited the apartment covered in blood. He immediately locked the door behind him and walked to the officers, where he was promptly detained due to the nature of the call.
Police made entry to conduct a safety check of the apartment. When they entered, they located a large pool of blood and what appeared to be an area where a body had been dragged throughout the apartment.
The officers entered a bathroom where they located a deceased male in the bathtub. The Utica Fire Department arrived on the scene and pronounced the male deceased.
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The officers exited the apartment, and the Major Crimes Unit and Crime Scene Unit were called to return to investigate the incident. Upon processing the scene, it was learned that the male was shot several times, stabbed multiple times, and suffered other injuries during the incident.
The man whom the police officers detained was identified as Colton Shaffer, 25 of Utica.
On Sunday, Shaffer was charged with:
- Murder in the second degree
- Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the second degree
- Criminal Possession of Weapon in the third degree
Additional charges may be levied pending consultation with the District Attorney’s Office. The victim’s name was not released.
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