Charges Filed Against Rochester Stabbing Suspect, Bloody Scene Described

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- The man arrested following a stabbing at a Rochester apartment earlier this week made his first court appearance Wednesday morning. 

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Rochester police responded to the stabbing in the 3400 block of Ashland Dr. Northwest shortly after 9:30 Monday morning. Responding officers encountered the victim suffering from a stab wound. 

On Tuesday, Rochester Police Department Communications Coordinator Amanda said the victim is a 31-year-old man. 

The court document indicates he survived the stabbing and describes the bloody scene officers encountered at the apartment. 

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The man charged in the case is identified as 25-year-old Eric Dewayne Fields. He is facing charges of first and second-degree assault. 

Police found the victim lying in the hallway at the apartment’s second floor. Blood was covering his chest, upper body, neck and the floor around him, the complaint says. 

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He had an actively bleeding stab wound on the left side of his sternum, appeared to be in shock and was drifting in and out of consciousness, the charges say. He was taken by ambulance to St. Mary’s Hospital. 

The victim identified Fields as his attacker and said he was stabbed inside of the apartment, the complaint states. 

Video of the apartment hallway shows the victim exiting his apartment then collapsing in the hallway. Moments later, Fields was seen leaving the apartment and heading down a stairwell, the charges say. 

Police later learned Fields then went to a nearby Hy-Vee where he placed a call and was picked up in a vehicle. 

That vehicle was then tracked to the Olmsted County Government Center in downtown Rochester. Officers found Fields inside of the vehicle and took him into custody Monday afternoon, the complaint says. 

Fields initially told police he had not seen the victim in three days before saying he stabbed the victim in an act of self defense. He had been staying at the victim’s apartment, according to the charges. 

Conditional bail for Fields was set at $100,000 Wednesday morning. He is due back in court later this month.