Crime & Safety

Drunk Man On 'Pot Gummies' Fatally Stabs Long-Time Friend: Police

The man charged had a preliminary blood alcohol level of .18 and admitted to consuming "pot gummies," the criminal complaint states.

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HOPKINS, MN — A Hopkins man was charged with killing his long-time friend, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Monday. Daniel Kevin Johnson, 62, was charged with second-degree murder of another man, identified as "C.K.", in the victim’s Hopkins apartment Friday night.

Johnson is expected to make his first court appearance Tuesday.

According to the criminal complaint, another renter called Hopkins police about 10:30 p.m. and said a man holding a large knife with blood on his hands was knocking on apartment doors and making incoherent statements.

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The man then curled up in a fetal position on the floor in the hallway and dropped the knife at his feet, authorities said.

When police arrived, Johnson still was on the floor and appeared to be unconscious. He was not wearing shoes and had blood on the heels of his socks and hem of his jeans. They handcuffed him and he appeared intoxicated, police said.

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He had a preliminary blood alcohol level of .18 and admitted to consuming “pot gummies,” the criminal complaint states.

Police entered the apartment of C.K. and found him dead on the living room floor. He had a deep cut across his throat and stab wounds to his torso.

Authorities believe Johnson and the victim had been friends a long time and he biked over to C.K.’s apartment around 4:40 p.m. to hang out as they often did, drinking and consuming marijuana.

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