Tarpon Springs Man Critical After Being Stabbed Several Times

TARPON SPRINGS, FL — A Tarpon Springs man is in critical condition after being stabbed multiple times Wednesday.

Tarpon Springs Police officers were called to the 100 block of East Park Street at 11:45 p.m. and found a man with stab wounds to his upper body. He was taken to Bayont Point Regional Medical Center for treatment.

During their investigation, police discovered that former Tarpon Springs resident Rafael Otero III, 45, who now lives in Loveland, Colorado, was in town visiting family. Otero and the victim, who did not know each other, got into an argument and Otero stabbed the man with a kitchen knife, said police.

Otero was transported to the Pinellas County Jail on charged of attempted murder and resisting an officer without violence.