Created: December 18, 2020 12:45 PM
A 27-year-old Austin, Minnesota, man has been charged after allegedly fatally stabbing a boy who reportedly attempted to stop the man from harming his mother and siblings.
Police arrived at the scene on the 800 block of Third Avenue Tuesday at about 9 a.m. after receiving a call reporting a domestic incident.
A criminal complaint states officers found a woman on the lawn with a stab wound to her neck. The woman identified the suspect as 27-year-old Jaime Arquimides Vaca, her husband, and told officers her son had also been stabbed inside the house.
Inside, officers found the boy with stab wounds on the couch, the complaint states. Authorities learned the boy was attempting to protect his mother from Vaca.